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That's all if the established order holds. But like their namesakes, the 1985 Minutemen have demonstrated that they have the determination and guile to embarass their scarlet, er, Crimson...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Gridders Take Aim on Minutemen Today | 9/28/1985 | See Source »

...present students interviewed. Samuel I. Haves III, Schitt Professor of Investment Banking says he usually begins a class by posing a question to a student rather than lecturing. "I will call on a person for their analysis of the case's situation, but we don't try to embarass people," says Hayes. But, Hayes explains that the AMP professor can't just sit back and let the class run its course. "I have to know everything that might possibly come...

Author: By Charles C. Matthews, | Title: Coming Back for More | 11/14/1984 | See Source »

...That's when the whole thing blew up." Diamond remembered recently. "He called me into his office and asked me if there was anything about my history that might embarass Harvard...

Author: By Mark E. Feinberg, | Title: Diamond and Veritas | 4/5/1984 | See Source »

...billion dollars--caused more than a little irritation on the German with side and spurred a late March demand that the French clean up their act. That demand was enough to get the French goat. A third devaluation of the franc in 17 months, as called for, could only embarass the Mitterrand government politically, further ammunition for the centrist opposition claiming the Socialists were fiscally inept. More pressing would be the inflationary effects of any devaluation; some kind of austerity program would have to follow. For a government still bent on spending its way out of recession and into popularity...

Author: By Nicolas J. Mcconnell, | Title: Cracks in the Alliance | 4/6/1983 | See Source »

...Killer B's as they are known, surprised everyone but themselves by triumphing over some of the best teams in New England, teams that were aiming to embarass the Eastern Champs...

Author: By Steven J. Rosston, | Title: Killer B's Take Tourney | 4/28/1981 | See Source »

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