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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Here's an excerpt from Kennedy's Senate resolution, passed Tuesday, honoring the 1989 NCAA champion Harvard hockey team...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: TJ, The Ageless Wonder | 4/6/1989 | See Source »

...excerpt, which suggests the possibility of a math-music link, quotes the 17th century mathematician Gottfried Leibniz: "Music is a hidden exercise in arithmetic, of a mind unconscious with dealing with numbers...

Author: By Alison D. Morantz, | Title: Music + Math: A Common Equation? | 11/30/1988 | See Source »

Perhaps the beauty of may brother Tom is best expressed in his own words. The following is an excerpt from a speech he delivered to his class at Currier House on Commencement Day last year, which he called the greatest day of his life. He describes how he felt the day the cancer came back after 10 years...

Author: By Bruce D. Corwin, | Title: In Memoriam: Thomas G. Corwin '88 | 11/29/1988 | See Source »

Cockburn read an excerpt from his book parodying the MacNeil-Lehrer Report, in which reporters cut off speakers before they can express their opinions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Short Takes | 11/10/1988 | See Source »

...above is an excerpt from a memo distributed to the section leaders of Anthropology 10 this fall. Whether indicative of the policy of that course alone, or of a wider cross section of courses at Harvard, the memo raises serious questions about the wisdom of an already controversial policy...

Author: By Garrett A. Price iii, | Title: Teaching Mediocrity? | 11/1/1988 | See Source »

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