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Meanwhile, undefeated defending Eastern Intercollegiate Tennis League champion Princeton tore through Columbia, 9-0, to set up the confrontation with Harvard on May 9. The Crimson lost to Columbia this season, 8-1, but can still grab a piece of the title if is upsets the powerful Tiger squad, throwing Harvard, Princeton and Columbia into a three-way tie for first place...

Author: By James E. Mcgrath, | Title: Tennis Tops Big Red, Cadets; Will Contest Princeton for Title | 4/28/1975 | See Source »

...Mark Shields, a former campaign adviser to Robert Kennedy and Edmund Muskie, the group plans to see to it that the Massachusetts primary is held the same day as New Hampshire's. The effect, of course, would be to blunt New Hampshire's political impact and to grab part of the first-in-the-nation hoopla...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICS: Chasing New Hampshire | 4/28/1975 | See Source »

...since it dealt the squad's Ivy League title hopes a serious blow. Barring any major upsets by the weaker Ivy teams, the team must now beat defending Ivy champion Princeton, whom it will face on May 9, and then the Tigers must beat Columbia if Harvard is to grab a share of the first-place laurels...

Author: By James E. Mcgrath, | Title: Columbia Drops Crimson Netmen, 8-1 | 4/14/1975 | See Source »

...First you've got to keep reminding yourself that the wind may blow from behind you off the tee, but you can be sure it's against you at the green. If it's a choice between a six-and seven-iron off the tee, always grab for the six-iron so you can clear the creek. The right side of the green is a coffin for me because if the pin is cut to the left it's impossible for me to get down in two putts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: How the Masters Will Be Won | 4/14/1975 | See Source »

...inmate labor, for instance--or changes like allowing religious freedom that Wicker thought should have been in effect all along. The inmates were holding out for amnesty from prosecution for actions taken during the rebellion. They knew of the Auburn and Tombs riots after which the state had filed grab-bag blanket charges against inmates, and of the case of the Harlem Four, whom New York was attempting to bring to court again after six years, two mistrials, and an overthrown verdict. Those were only three examples of an entire racial consciousness of dragnet arrests, trumped-up charges, manufactured...

Author: By Tom Blanton, | Title: A Rubbing From A Tombstone | 3/8/1975 | See Source »

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