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...inescapable conclusion is that the Olympics themselves are the problem. The world championships in all the different sports, held in non Olympic years do not suffer from all these maladies they proceed smoothly and non-politically to determine which athletes are the world's finest. The Olympics, which were admirably designed to allow athletes to transcend the petty problems of nationalism, have now irrevocably and unfortunately become the victim of the system that they were designed to rise above...

Author: By Nicholas S. Wurf, | Title: Forget the Games | 5/18/1984 | See Source »

While the Minutemen will look to Moryl, the Crimson will count on Hart to do the damage. The Crimson's senior captain scored four goals in the 7-4 Harvard win earlier this year and has emerged as one of Harvard's all-time finest players...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: University Will Train New Ethics Instructors | 5/11/1984 | See Source »

...impressive win in the regular season finale also silenced the critics who said the 1984 Harvard squad would never match the feats of the 1983 Crimson team that was perhaps the finest in Harvard lax history...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: It's on to the National Championships For Ivy Champ Netwomen, Laxwomen | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

...must consider us very strange creatures. He gives us the finest medical technology in the world, yet he sees parents who refuse to allow their children to accept it [RELIGION, April 16]. Many of these parents consider abortion to be murder. Do they then call withholding medical treatment from children justifiable homicide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 7, 1984 | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

...exhibit is called the "Wealth of the Ancient World." And the fortune that bought it is one of the largest in the modern world. Eight years ago, Multimillionaires Nelson Bunker Hunt, 58, and William Herbert Hunt, 55, set out to build the finest collection of Greek corns possible. The 166 pieces in the show, which also includes priceless vases and Hellenic and Roman bronzes, have already been on display in Detroit, Fort Worth and Richmond, Va. Last week they came to Dallas, the Hunts' home town, and the brothers dropped by the new Museum of Art for a look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 7, 1984 | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

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