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...Tigers have lost four of their last five dual meet encounters with the Crimson--including last year's 58-55 thriller on Blodgett Pool's opening day--but have still bounced back to grab the Eastern Championship meet from Harvard every time...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Crimson Squads Resume Action This Weekend | 2/2/1979 | See Source »

...Mahan may grab first honors in the hurdles, because he already holds the facility record in that event...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Tracksters Out for Revenge at GBCs | 2/2/1979 | See Source »

Bradshaw worked the clock like a master after a Roy Blont interception late in the half, and with 24 seconds left, from the 7-yd. line he found unheralded halfback Rocky Blier open in the corner of the endzone. Blier's leaping grab gave Bradshaw the Super Bowl passing record and the Steelers a 21-14 halftime lead...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Steelers Win Super Bowl In Offensive Battle, 35-31 | 1/22/1979 | See Source »

...second consecutive year, Husky Don Chambers won three events and gave a new meaning to the expression, "I'm feeling jumpy." The co-captain leaped 25 feet to grab first place in the long jump, soared 51 ft. 7 1/4 in. to top the triple jump, and bounded 60 yards in 6.3 seconds to capture the dash...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Crimson Thinclads Suffer First Loss As Northeastern Coasts to 80-56 Win | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

...struggle with the Gang of Four: I let the Gang of Four grab my tail and give me a sound flogging. Perhaps you comrades would say that it was Chairman Mao who relieved me of my former jobs and dismissed me from office. As a matter of fact, it wasn't so. I would rather call it a decree of fate. Chiang Ch'ing used to laugh at me, saying that my head was bullet-shaped and couldn't wear official headgear securely ... As long as class struggle exists, there will be persons like the Gang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man Of The Year: QUOTATIONS FROM VICE CHAIRMAN TENG HSIAO-PING | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

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