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Early in the first quarter, Harvard seemed to have stopped the Red at the Harvard 34 when a third-down pass fell incomplete. But the Crimson was whistled for pass interference, and Cornell was handed a first-and-10 on the 18. The Red couldn't advance further, but were now in field goal range and kicker Dave Quarles converted a 39-yarder for the first points of the game...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Big Red Has a Big Jump on Ivy Foes | 10/14/1987 | See Source »

Harvard swimmers also dominated both the First-and Second-Team All-Ivy line-ups. --Compiled from Harvard Sports News Office releases

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPORTS SHORTS | 4/7/1987 | See Source »

Furthermore, a large number of top professors are concentrating on narrow, specialized fields of learning, delegating the teaching of residual first-and second-year humanities courses to "underpaid flunkies," e.g., graduate students and part-time instructors. The overall consequence, claims the study, is that millions of students have been coming out of college "lacking even the most rudimentary knowledge, about the . . . foundations of their nation and their civilization...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Powerful Pitch for the Humanities | 12/10/1984 | See Source »

Tonight's talent show, which has already sold out its 850 five-dollar tickets, will feature parodies of popular movies and songs by each of the 18 first-and second-year Masters of Business Administration (MBA) student sections...

Author: By Charles C. Matthews, | Title: B-School Groups Beef-Up Their Philanthropist Image | 10/12/1984 | See Source »

Seven people were killed, including Linda Frazier, 38, an American journalist who worked for an English-language newspaper in San Jose. Among the 28 injured was Pastora, who suffered first-and second-degree burns on his face and shrapnel wounds in his legs. Seriously hurt was Susan Morgan, a Newsweek stringer whose legs and arms were fractured. Some could crawl out of the building, but others lay moaning in the wreckage for nearly an hour before being pulled out. Two hours passed before a doctor and two nurses arrived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America: Starting a New Chapter | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

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