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Despite the slight decline, Harvard had a distinct edge against the Wildcats on Saturday. Coming into that game, UNH was shooting 58.3 percent from the line. The 'Cats didn't disappoint either, shooting an atrocious 12-for-26 from the line--a 46.2 percent rate...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Up and Down Cagers Seek Equilibrium | 12/8/1987 | See Source »

...Again, Dave: Dave Kramer's father and brother made the trip up from Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., to watch Sunday's UConn game, and Dave didn't disappoint them...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Sour Grapes in the Aftermath of an Overtime Thriller | 11/20/1987 | See Source »

Voice: "Geez, Bill, I hate to disappoint you again...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: The Burdens of a Tough Job | 11/7/1987 | See Source »

...Dole's announcement is likely to disappoint career women who view her as a role model, and that bothers her. "It's not that you're giving up what you're doing," she offers. "It's that you're laying down one cause to take up another." For more than a year she had gently but stubbornly insisted that she could stay in public office and also campaign. When her husband rather tactlessly suggested last January that his wife would have to leave her job eventually, she sharply rebuked him. The Senator, who plans to announce his candidacy formally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Secretary Dole, Meet Mrs. Dole | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

...from supplicants to stars. Then, amid the giddiness of recognition, the problem of the second novelist attacks in its most intimidating strain. What to do for an encore is one symptom, but there is worse: the knowledge that the next book, unlike the first, will have the power to disappoint a lot of people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Little Downside Sabbatical A WOMAN NAMED DROWN | 5/18/1987 | See Source »

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