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...would make the team 12-0 this year in Ivy League play and extend its record Ivy-game winning streak to 24. It would also clinch at least a share of a second-straight Ivy title. With the current streak, the Crimson is on the cusp of achieving something downright legendary, and no one on the team intends to let Yale stop...

Author: By Bryan Lee, | Title: W. Hoopsters Look to Clinch Share of Title Against Old Eli | 2/28/1997 | See Source »

...Remove Columbus Day: The true symbolism of Columbus Day is denounced by many, and ignored by almost everyone else. A significant portion of the American people find the holiday downright offensive...

Author: By Gabriel B. Eber, | Title: Taking The Day Off | 2/15/1997 | See Source »

...second thing Harvard has to do to if it wants its sports program to keep up with the Ivy League big boys is to improve its athletic facilities. For a school with such a large endowment, our athletic buildings are downright disgraceful. Most of the Ivies have modern, central athletic complexes that actually make you feel like training. Our athletic buildings make you feel like you've been sentenced for a crime...

Author: By Chris W. Mcevoy, | Title: MIT Bound? | 2/13/1997 | See Source »

...stock info with UP's software by late this year. "We know we've won when this technology becomes an expected feature, not a curiosity," says UP vice president Ben Linder. At the rate UP is going, managing a portfolio and checking E-mail between calls could soon seem downright ordinary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TECH WATCH: Jan. 27, 1997 | 1/27/1997 | See Source »

...fact that the University has a problem on its hands. Students feel excessive pressure, and all too often no voice of reason is there to comfort them. In this light, the University's decision to open Cabot Library 24 hours a day during reading period and exams is downright irresponsible. Though normally I am happy to see administrators respond to students' desires, I had hoped that they would not accede to this demand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sleepless In Cabot | 1/6/1997 | See Source »

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