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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What the Crimson had done in those last six years included an amazing 58-1 record on en route to six straight Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming (EISL) dual meet championships, five consecutive Eastern Seaboard Championships and collegiate swimming's longest active winning streak, until Navy pulled the biggest streak attack since Pearl Harbor...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Still Sinking: Aquamen Drop Second Straight | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

...response, Iran now pays shippers up to 50% more than the normal commission rates to serve its ports, and crews earn hefty bonuses for the hazardous duty. Special security measures are also in force. Ships en route to Bandar-Khomeini, deep within the war zone, have been ordered to travel only in convoys. Lifeboats are kept half lowered, and special teams of Iranian soldiers armed with antiaircraft weapons stand guard on deck. But those safeguards are of little help against guided-missile attacks. In addition to the sophisticated Exocet, Iraq has an arsenal of French-made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Persian Gulf: Unsafe Passage | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

With three straight victories under its belt, the Crimson is starting to win over the critics who thought the graduation en masse of last year's stars meant a rebuilding year for harvard At B.U., one of the key players on last year's Eastern titlists sophomore goaltender Grant Blair, showed his ability to carry the team while the players around him continue to find the groove...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: A Crimson Surprise: 3-1 Upset at B.U. | 12/1/1983 | See Source »

Israel's role in funneling U.S. arms to embargoed states did not begin with South Africa. In 1979, Israel declared 11 of its American-made Huey helicopters to be obsolete, then claimed they "went astray" while en route to Singapore. The helicopters eventually turned up in the hands of the Rhodesian army, which was trying unsuccessfully to maintain white control over what is now the African country of Zimbabwe...

Author: By Errol T. Louis, | Title: Close Ties | 12/1/1983 | See Source »

...movie with only three main characters-a chamber piece played in a Crystal Palace that shivers in the soft focus of sexual ambiguity. As director, Streisand has seen to it that Yentl and Avigdor and Hadass don't get lost in the sumptuous locations and somber, classical mise en scene. Patinkin has harnessed his talent and energy; he can bounce off a bookcase in the thrall of scholarship, or sit tense and still as Avigdor tries to figure out the riddle of Anshel's identity. Amy Irving, of the honeyed voice and witchcrafty allure, makes the role...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Toot, Toot, Tootseleh | 11/21/1983 | See Source »

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