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Sixteen rugby squads will descend on Cambridge this weekend to participate in the two-day extravaganza at Soldiers Field, which will feature some of the top teams in the East--among them Dartmouth, Southern Connecticut, Brown and Babson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rugby Hosts Tourney | 11/1/1985 | See Source »

...midst of freshmen's first midterm exams, about 1000 parents from all over the world will descend upon Harvard today to see what their sons and daughters have been up to since leaving home last month...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Shmen Parents Flock to Yard' | 10/25/1985 | See Source »

Aside from the fact that no two rooms have the same dimensions, the Sackler has a few other oddities. Some of its current novelties include the museum's innovative entrance. Breaking with traditional museum architecture, Stirling designed an entrance where visitors descend to glass doors rather than walk up a grand series of steps. This reversal enables the third gallery level of the Sackler to reach the same height as the Fogg's second floor level...

Author: By Matthew Snyder, | Title: It's Art--for the Sake of Art | 10/17/1985 | See Source »

...been billed as the largest gathering of world leaders in history. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the United Nations, heads of state or government have begun to descend on New York City; at least 90 will have called before the end of October. They may or may not further the cause of world peace in a forum that has failed to live up to its impossibly dreamy promise as arbiter of global disputes. But the assembled dignitaries will surely provide a rich spectacle of diplomatic pomp and a torrent of high- minded rhetoric, not to mention traffic jams that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flying Flags and Flowing Words | 10/7/1985 | See Source »

...legendary forebear: it was named for the ship sailed by the Greek hero Jason as he searched for the Golden Fleece. And roam the Argo does, skimming just above the ocean floor like a giant sled. Designed to map deep-sea hills and gulleys, the craft can descend to depths of 20,000 ft. and remain underwater indefinitely. Essentially, it is a 16-ft.-long cage fashioned to protect a clutch of strobe lights, side-scanning sonar devices and an array of cameras from marine flotsam. The entire contraption is tied umbilically to the mother ship by a thick steel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Argo's Golden Feat | 9/16/1985 | See Source »

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