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...face-lift was necessary. Yale was next on the agenda. A year ago, the Bulldogs had been hapless. The Crimson had downed them by 38 points. No less, 38 points. Could Harvard revive that sweet taste of victory? Nobody knew for sure, yet the tracksters hoped for the best. For sure...

Author: By Johan Ahr, | Title: High Expectations | 5/10/1984 | See Source »

...marijuana were imported or grown in the U.S. last year, up from some 26 million five years ago. Even in states where budget cuts have reduced police manpower, drug busts are way up-often inadvertently. Patrolmen discover marijuana seeds in a car stopped for speeding or, as in hapless Miller's case, while responding to a burglary report...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Booming Busts | 3/19/1984 | See Source »

Junior guard Bob Ferry watched from the bench again last night as his teammates--all of his teammates--trampled a hapless Branders squad, 91-51, at Briggs Athletic Center...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: The Judges Rule in Harvard's Favor: It's Murder One as Cagers Roll, 91-51 | 2/16/1984 | See Source »

...Francis that he tends on his island; an occult Mexican medal that dangles from his neck. Spencer's handling of these images leaves the reader conscious at every moment of a high skill and intelligence - indeed, perhaps too conscious. Individual scenes are admirable, as when Arnie's hapless rival Lex, visiting the sanctum of Arnie's island, seeks an epiphany in a swarm of butterflies ("a world of translucent amber, the dazzle of deep dimension, pulsing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Perplexities | 2/13/1984 | See Source »

Harvard women's ice hockey scored just four minutes into its Saturday afternoon date with Yale in New Haven. It seemed only right, what with the Crimson being expected to blow out the hapless Elis, who had lost to Princeton, 17-0 earlier this season...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Icewomen Frustrated in 1-1 Deadlock With Bulldogs | 2/6/1984 | See Source »

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