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...Crimson's last Ivy League title season, 1987, its only league loss came against the Big Red, who utilized a juggling, tip-drill TD catch in the endzone in the last two minutes of the game to upset Harvard...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: EYES ON THE PRIZE | 10/6/1990 | See Source »

...hulking presence of a bulldozer and the incessant buzz of a power drill did not keep five year-old Daniel Neczypor from sampling the thrills at the nearly completed playground at the Cambridge Common yesterday afternoon...

Author: By Beong-soo Kim, | Title: Commons Gets Playground | 10/2/1990 | See Source »

...principal reason for this policy has been economy. Today's reservists are a far cry from the fat, lazy weekend warriors of legend. They pass the same physical tests as regulars, get the same sort of training, and drill with the same advanced equipment. Nonetheless, it costs only a third to half as much to pay, train and equip a reservist as it does a full-time soldier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: Weekend To Full-Time Warriors | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

...like Burns ("I have a very, very hands-on approach") to go through the whole drill -- the 5:45 a.m. hikes, the Win/Win negotiating workshop, the Take This Job and Love It seminar. She could write the book on most of it. She does not need a dawn trek to command explosive animal energy all day. Her touch at negotiating is magic -- people can't seem to tell whether they have come out of a deal with gold or dross, but whatever it is, they're happy. In her professional career Burns has held three positions and adored each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ROBIN BURNS:Take This Job and Love It | 8/6/1990 | See Source »

...sponsors, and most raised many thousands more. But Michigan's team gathered nearly $800,000. Not only is its Sunrunner computer-designed and wind-tunnel-tested, but it is also assisted by a scout vehicle carrying weather-forecasting equipment and by a rolling metal shop (complete with lathes and drill press) to help make any needed repairs. The Michigan racers have a computerized map of every traffic light and speed zone along the course, a film crew and a public relations manager...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Racing Along on Sunshine | 7/23/1990 | See Source »

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