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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many courses draw huge crowds because they are noted "guts." Others fill the largest lecture halls because they are required. But there are a few courses at Harvard that students flock to simply because they are "fun" to attend...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Credit for Fun | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

...miss him," admits Harvard Coach Dave Fish, "but I have a lot confidence in the guys below him to move in and fill the hole...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Getting Better and Better | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

...employer, the Hotel Continental, was the headquarters for the third annual Chicago Bud Light U.S. Triathlon Series, which attracted 2,400 professional and amateur athletes, the largest gathering a triathlon has pulled in so far. There was not enough excess body fat among the participants to fill a shot glass. One could not traipse a hall anywhere without hearing the tick-tick-tick of a ten-speed coming down hard on the heels. To the uninitiated, a crowd like this can be intimidating. And to an observer not possessed of a similar obsession, ceaseless talk of training techniques, water temperatures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Chicago: Lookin' Good in the '80s | 9/2/1985 | See Source »

...license to Simon & Schuster allowing it to sign a contract with Castro as long as all payments go to a blocked account in the U.S., meaning the money cannot be transferred to any other country. For its part, Simon & Schuster is hardly worried about Castro's ability to fill three books. The Cuban leader has already generated more text in speeches and interviews than Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill combined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 2, 1985 | 9/2/1985 | See Source »

...even greater benefit to fans is the fact that their local newspapers will no longer have to fill their sports pages with minor league results and local golf tournament news...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Happy Days Are Here Again | 8/9/1985 | See Source »

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