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Even with Rullman, Harvard's stats were dismal. Harvard shot just .618 (358 for 579) for the season last year and finished in the Ivy League cellar in free throw percentage, despite having the second most attempts in the Ancient Eight...

Author: By Douglas M. Pravda, | Title: Free Throws the Big Difference | 11/30/1993 | See Source »

...next year's World Cup finals in the U.S., centering mostly on teams that will not make the trip. Among the surprises: France, which needed only a draw to qualify, was beaten, 2-1, in the final 10 seconds of play by upstart Bulgaria. England, playing with a dismal record, was also eliminated, despite its birthright to the game. And European champion Denmark failed to qualify when it was dumped by Spain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week November 14-20 | 11/29/1993 | See Source »

...Harvard and Yale football teams are, again, hoping to salvage dismal seasons as they face off in The Game today at Yale Bowl...

Author: By Douglas M. Pravda, | Title: Playing For Pride | 11/20/1993 | See Source »

...dismal seasons of both teams have reduced interest in this year's showdown, but there is no question for fans that their school must win The Game...

Author: By Douglas M. Pravda, | Title: Playing For Pride | 11/20/1993 | See Source »

...right away. Thunder/Purple Rain is a variant on the familiar sex-and-salvation theme. Elizabeth Parkinson plays a sort of fairy who transforms bystanders into lovers with a wand crowned, rather like a car's hood ornament, by a heart. Unfortunately, Moulton makes the song Purple Rain into a dismal solo that looks arduous to dance and provides little enlightenment, emotional or otherwise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Ballet with a Savvy Street Beat | 11/1/1993 | See Source »

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