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Dates: during 1980-1989
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But by that time, the goal had about as much of an impact on the game's outcome as a flea stepping on an elephant's toe, and perhaps fittingly, a flock of seagulls began hovering over the Tufts half of the pitch like a bunch of vultures waiting for...

Author: By Kevin Carter, | Title: Kenworthy Shines; Booters Rout Tufts | 11/1/1984 | See Source »

The debut of IBM's new business programs has caused more than vague disquiet in the $2.2 billion personal-computer software industry. Big Blue has developed 31 different programs that can perform such tasks as compiling payrolls, drawing graphs and creating reports. Until now, all the personal-computer software...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Blue Aims to Get Bigger | 10/8/1984 | See Source »

DIED. Reidar Sognnaes, 72, a pioneer of forensic dentistry, the founding dean of UCLA's school of dentistry, and the man who in the early '70s confirmed the deaths of Adolf Hitler and Martin Bormann by comparing dental remains with existing X rays; of a heart attack; in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Oct. 8, 1984 | 10/8/1984 | See Source »

Dallas' business community had been gearing up for the convention as a showcase in which to present the beauty and attractiveness of the city to the rest of the country. Dallas deserved to be a first-class city, not a regional outpost, and here was its big chance. The city...

Author: By Mark E. Fineberg, | Title: Unconventional Warfare | 9/19/1984 | See Source »

Harvard's 12-year-old white elephant may finally make good this year if, as expected, state officials at last give the green light to the University's embattled $350 million Medical Area Total Energy Plant (MATEP). University officials say they fully expect to bring the plant, located near the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Keeping An Eye Out | 9/13/1984 | See Source »

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