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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Unfortunately, Baverstock's season is already finished, and Harvard must somehow fill the void left by the loss of the anchor of its midfield...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: M. Booters Derail Engineers in Season Opener, 4-0 | 9/15/1989 | See Source »

College officials played musical chairs this summer, juggling responsibilities to fit old positions and fill new ones...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: News Briefs | 9/15/1989 | See Source »

London hotel managers claim that Japanese guests fill up the tubs, leave the taps on, then pull out the drain plugs to ensure a constant flow of clear water. The result: heavy damage from the overflow flooding through carpets and cascading into rooms below. Says Geoffrey Gold, general manager of the Swallow International Hotel, where 20% of the guests are Japanese: "It got to the point where an average of one bathroom a day was flooded." Some hotels are warning Japanese guests that flooders will face fines; others have made a simple but costly technological adjustment: installing drains in bathroom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Money Down The Drain? | 8/14/1989 | See Source »

There were signatures. And there were more than a few people in that room, or at least at the conference, who are eminently qualified to be in a position at the Department of Education. If Bush wanted to make that position a priority, he could fill it--probably even without a scandal. But he hasn...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: A Blot on U.S. Education | 8/11/1989 | See Source »

...first time in party history, the L.D.P. will be banished to the back benches. To avert that prospect, warns L.D.P. legislator Shirakawa, "we need to find the reasons for our losses and then show the people that we have corrected them." That is a tall order to fill, and the L.D.P. has no time to lose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan A Mountain Moves | 8/7/1989 | See Source »

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