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While the Concord, Mass., native's tally proved to be the only score in the opening period, B.C. goalie Scott LaGrand was forced to fend off a flurry of Crimson shots near the end of the first 20 minutes. Harvard ended up outshooting the Eagles...

Author: By Ted G. Rose, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: All Crimson From the Garden | 2/4/1992 | See Source »

...some semblance of structure. Though Bob Kerrey, Paul Tsongas and Tom Harkin still strive to overtake Clinton in New Hampshire, each could survive to fight in later rounds by running a respectable second here. Jerry Brown, who started as the most prominent in a field of little-knowns, must fend off disaster in this contest or find a launching pad elsewhere. The strategies of Clinton's four main rivals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nipping At Clinton's Heels | 1/27/1992 | See Source »

Beijing is skittish enough these days to consider any concession to the West as a step onto a slippery slope. For his part, Bush is fighting efforts in Congress to eliminate China's most favored nation trading status because of its human rights abuses. To fend it off, he needs evidence that the Chinese are ready to improve their behavior at home and abroad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: Comes the Evolution | 11/25/1991 | See Source »

...place longer," this announcer explains. "Basketball players have it easy because they're so recognizable." Although a few tennis stars like Andre Agassi are invariably trailed by a mob of squealing fans, that sport is not conducive to groupie action: the best players stay inaccessible and have entourages to fend off unwanted wannabes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dangerous World of Wannabes | 11/25/1991 | See Source »

...polish the image of American Express, he has only to turn to his wife Linda. As president of the Manhattan p.r. firm Robinson, Lake, Lerer & Montgomery, she ranks among the most powerful -- and controversial -- publicists in America. Her clients range from Texaco, which she helped to fend off a takeover bid staged by raider Carl Icahn, to junk-bond king Michael Milken, whose infamy she tried to % subdue. Together the Robinsons are a nonpareil power couple who cut a broad swath through the toniest boardrooms and ballrooms of the corporate elite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Power Marriage Has Its Privileges | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

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