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They will need help from the rest of their talented classmates to fend off opponents until Jones can return. In addition, Haggerty is intent on replacing graduated stars Jody Dushay and Romney Resney...

Author: By Andy Fine, | Title: Injury to Jones Hurts W. Thinclads | 9/12/1990 | See Source »

They will need help from the rest of their talented classmates to fend off opponents until Jones can return. In addition, Haggerty is intent on replacing graduated stars Jody Dushay and Romney Resney...

Author: By Andy Fine, | Title: Injury to Jones Hurts W. Thinclads | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

...demand news personality in America. She got her own prime-time show, which has drawn good ratings this summer and is almost certain to return on a weekly basis in January. She was anointed No. 1 substitute for Tom Brokaw on the NBC Nightly News -- and then had to fend off rumors she would be made permanent co-anchor. (The job wasn't offered, nor does she want it.) She has, moreover, won the applause of millions for her artful balancing of family and career: this is a woman who quit one of the highest-profile jobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JANE PAULEY: Surviving Nicely, Thanks | 8/20/1990 | See Source »

...some companies, debt was a by-product of attempts to escape takeover raids. Interco, a St. Louis-based conglomerate whose holdings include the Converse and Florsheim shoe companies, borrowed $1.9 billion in 1988 to fend off a hostile bid. Interco said last month that it was willing to give creditors a controlling interest in the firm to avoid bankruptcy court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forgive Us Our Debts, Please! | 6/18/1990 | See Source »

...council had managed to fend off the changes for a year by convincing house masters to oppose Jewett's randomization plan. But armed with new statistics, Jewett returned this year with a scheme that would assign half the upcoming class to random houses...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Wu, | Title: Undergraduate Council | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

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