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...first half in which slipping bodies and errant passes were the rule, it seemed the only place balls were flying was out of bounds Late in the first quarter. Eli freshman Bill Harley finally broke the ice, scoring on a man advantage Harvard's Peter Follows retaliated less than a minute later, but the only other goal before halftime was a Bulldog tally with 1-56 left in the second quarter...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: Laxmen Smother Elis, 6-3, Nabbing First Ivy Win... | 4/18/1983 | See Source »

...women's distance events it was all Crimson. Kate Wiley edged out teammate Kathy Good by two tenths of a second in the 3000 for first place, while Wiley's roommate, Jenny Stricker took the 1500, edging out Eli Margaret Wynne. Wynne had been breathing down Stricker's back the entire race. Grace deFires took the 800 to round out the overseas distance corps...

Author: By Becky Hartman, | Title: Men Thinclads Whip Yale, Women Edged Out | 4/11/1983 | See Source »

Harvard is not the only Ivy team to utilize a computer. Yale maintains a computer program that is in its infancy. But Eli defensive coordinator Dave Kelly boasts. "Within two or three years we will have a system a la the Dallas Cowboys...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: High Tech Hits the Football Field | 4/7/1983 | See Source »

...Eli Reed's first week in El Salvador Reed, a photographer with the San Francisco Examiner, decided to hail a taxi along with two other journalists to investigate the source of gunfire heard moments earlier. The trio hopped in a cab, and the car moved through the city of San Salvador, heading for the portion of town known as the "combat zone." The buriy Reed noticed that the rear window had been previously shot out and there was a bullet hole in the roof...

Author: By Jeffrey M. Senger, | Title: Eye On Central America | 3/19/1983 | See Source »

There may be an "our song" for a cause (We Shall Overcome), for a college ("Bulldog, bulldog, bow wow wow, Eli Yale!"), for a specific event, like the release of the hostages (Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree), and even for an era (Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?). Nations have them. But The Star-Spangled Banner has never quite become "our song" in the way that the Marseillaise utterly and unquestionably belongs to the French. Politicians have their "our songs." John Kennedy may have thought of his Administration in terms of the words and music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: They're Playing Ur-Song | 3/7/1983 | See Source »

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