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...when the offense couldn't get the ball in the end zone, sophomore Jim Villanueva was there to cap long drives with field goals of 40 and 29 yards (he later added one of 28) to put points on the board. Promising because linebacker Joe Azelby and split end Dirk Killen proved Harvard's depth, by subbing superbly for injured starters Brad Stinn and Paul Scheper...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Gridders Walk All Over Columbia, 23-6 | 9/21/1981 | See Source »

...Vries' males, as usual, are not much of a moral improvement on women, proving Daisy's dictum: "Men were all alike, though, of course, some were more alike than others." Dirk Dolfin, a one-man Dutch conglomerate with wavy blond hair and dazzling teeth, possesses the two essentials of a De Vries hero: galloping lust and crawling remorse. He is as briskly efficient at lovemaking as he is at self-reproach. After a romp among the paper clips, Dirk's afterplay consists of pillow talk about eternal damnation. Then, subsequent to monologues on, say, the doctrine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Galloping Lust, Crawling Remorse | 9/21/1981 | See Source »

Other academics were not as fortunate, however. Marcus Singer, a former Harvard Zoology instructor, was convicted of contempt of Congress and sentenced to a suspended three-month jail term and a $100 fine. Dirk J. Struik, an MIT mathematics professor, was indicated for conspiring to overthrow the government of the United States and of Massachusetts. After four years of waiting, the court finally dismissed the indictment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1956 Academic Freedom? | 6/4/1981 | See Source »

...even with Nujoma's concessions, the South African-led Namibian delegation rejected the cease-fire proposal on the ground that the U.N. was biased toward SWAPO. Dirk Mudge, chairman of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance, the multiracial coalition that currently dominates Namibia's Pretoria-backed administration, contended that a cease-fire now would be premature. In fact, what really worried Mudge and the South Africans was that SWAPO would defeat the Turnhalle Alliance in a free and fair election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Namibia: Cease-Fire Flop | 1/26/1981 | See Source »

Four plays later Harvard got the ball back on a Yale punt, and the Yale defense again proved generous. Yet another pass interference call gave the Crimson a first down on the Yale 40, and Lahti again took advantage by lofting a bomb to Dirk Killen in the endzone. Another Abate PAT gave Harvard the margin of victory...

Author: By Howard N. Mead, | Title: J.V. Gridders Sneak By Yale, End Season With 3-1 Record | 11/22/1980 | See Source »

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