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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prejudice to the test. Now 58, his hair silver, his manner reassuring and his smile infectious, Wilder had grown far too adroit to speak of racial issues in anything other than soft, almost dulcet, tones. Throughout the 1980s, Wilder had consciously shaped his persona to make his blackness and ground-breaking achievements seem almost boring and quietly inevitable. He did not disown his racial identity, tossing off laugh lines like, "How can I not think of myself as a black man? I shave." His style, rather, was to envelop the historic implications of his campaign in a protective cloak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breakthrough In Virginia Dougas Wilder | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

Harvard's defense then held the Bulldogs, and the Perry-Myers team went back to work. Highlighted by a 36-yd. pass from Perry to Adam Lazarre-White and four Myers ground gains, the Crimson drove 67 yds. to put the game away. Perry scored the game-clincher on another keeper, his fifth touchdown in the last four games...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Gridders Spoil Yale's Perfect Year, 37-20 | 11/18/1989 | See Source »

...HAVEN--It all starts with the rim--the big blue band just above ground where a stadium should...

Author: By M.d. Stankiewicz, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: You Should Know Better... | 11/18/1989 | See Source »

...good to hear all of the different groups get heard, and to know that there is a common ground that we can all stand on," one participant said...

Author: By Madhavi Sunder, | Title: Pro-Choice Mobilization: Signs of the Times | 11/16/1989 | See Source »

...Saturday to break the Ivy single-season rushing record by a quarterback. In addition, three Eli runners--Kehler and running backs Kevin Callahan and Chris Kouri--have totalled more than 400 yards, while Harvard rushing leader Jim Reidy, with 420 yards in six games, is the only Crimson ground-gainer over...

Author: By Gary R. Shenk, | Title: Gridders Prepare for The Game: Will Yale's Wishbone Break? | 11/15/1989 | See Source »

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