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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...just put on a lot of pressure [in the second half]," Harvard Tri-Captain Jane Grim said, "and thought we were going to score...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Field Hockey | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

Although Harvard has lost to two of the tougher teams in New England (Northeastern and Providence), Grim said she still thinks the squad is improving with each game...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Field Hockey | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

Harvard is led by Tri-Captains Cindi Ersek, Kate Felsen and Jane Grim and junior goalie Denise Katsias. Ersek (three goals and one assist for four points) and Felsen (2-2--4) finished tied for second behind Landau in team scoring. Grim helped bolster the inconsistent defense...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Aiming a Loaded Gun at an Elusive Target: A First Ivy Title | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

Someone apparently less confident, though, was Televangelist Jerry Falwell. The Lynchburg, Va., preacher, who took control of PTL after Jim Bakker's March 19 resignation, looked grim as he faced studio cameras later in the week on PTL's regular morning television show. Falwell told viewers that donations had taken a nosedive since PTL formally filed for bankruptcy on June 12. If $1.75 million is not raised by July 31, he announced, PTL might be forced to stop broadcasting on some of the 161 stations that, for a fee, carry the ministry's born-again message. Said Falwell: "There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: God and Money | 8/3/1987 | See Source »

...sides of the same counterfeit corporate coin, and Kurtwood Smith (the most prominent punk) is one baaad malefactor. Weller, as the one good gunslinger in town, manages to convey emotion through the merest slit in his helmet. But the film is less an actors' showcase than a smart, grim satire. The only TV program to be seen is a slapstick variety show. Commercials peddle the 6000 SUX, the car of the future that brags about getting only 8.2 m.p.g., and a holocaust home-video game called Nukem. Giggly anchors read news flashes about, say, a Star Wars misfire that totaled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Soul of a Blue Machine ROBOCOP | 7/27/1987 | See Source »

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