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...dark spots for the ECAC over the weekend, Clarkson hosted CCHA power Western Michigan but could only eke out one point in two games...

Author: By Bradford E. Miller, | Title: M. Hockey Season Starts With Upsets | 11/9/1994 | See Source »

After an uneventful first half that saw the Crimson (4-3 overall, 2-2 Ivy) eke out a 7-0 lead over the Big Green (3-4, 1-3) on a one-yard Hu touchdown, an explosive 46-second stretch in the third quarter blew open the contest...

Author: By Peter K. Han, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Football Pulls Big (Green) Upset | 10/31/1994 | See Source »

Desperate to eke out domestic support for a new worldwide trade pact, the Clinton administration withdrew its request for "fast-track" negotiating authority. The move would have forced Congress to approve or deny a General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade without amendments and within a specified time. The process is considered crucial to preventing complex trade treaties from being picked apart by special interests: NAFTA, for instance, had been negotiated under the auspices of this process. What caused the Clinton flip-flop? Criticisms from groups representing consumers, as well as complaints from conservatives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GATT . . . ON THE SLOW TRACK | 9/13/1994 | See Source »

Harvard is left, for the most part, with a casually destructive attitude toward Cambridge's vegetation. People here would rather brag about the number of dead trees on library shelves than laud the live ones that turn color outside. The trees that do eke out an existence here have a gritty urban sensibility. They're A Tree Grows in Brooklyn trees, struggling against pollution and graffiti; noble California redwoods or wild New Hampshire oaks they...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: The Fall (and Foliage) of Cambridge | 9/29/1993 | See Source »

Baliga and Fels are only two members of the Class of 1993 who will eke by on public service grants instead of darting for Wall Street or remaining in academia. Baliga received a $10,000 Pforzheimer grant for service, while Fels was awarded a $15,000 Stride Rite grants for service...

Author: By Amanda C. Pustilnik, | Title: Service Grants Give Grads a Chance to Dig Deep | 6/9/1993 | See Source »

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