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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...strategic timeout by Gurdal proved to be futile. Springfield rolled to a 13-9 cushion. The Crimson showed its character in trying to hold off the defeat. Harvard crawled back to trail 13-12, winning points on the serves of freshman Pat Harlan, Gaw and Valasek...

Author: By Tom Kane, | Title: Spikers Fall in Three Despite Best Showing | 2/28/1990 | See Source »

Harvard (2-3) set the tone from the start when freshman setter Pat Harlan started the first game by serving up five straight points. The Big Green (2-5) scored the next three points with their captain-coach, David "The Vacuum" Vaccaro serving. That's as close...

Author: By Tom Kane, | Title: Spikers Swing By Big Green in Four Games | 2/26/1990 | See Source »

Behind the serving of freshman setter Pat Harlan, the Crimson edged to a 3-0 lead in the second game. The game was deadlocked at four and again at nine. Tufts rolled to a 15-10 victory, sweeping the three game...

Author: By Tom Kane, | Title: Spikers Vanquish Vassar, Trounced by Tufts | 2/20/1990 | See Source »

...Elis took a commanding 9-0 lead to start the third game. Behind the serving power of Harlan, Harvard bounced back closing the gap to 12-11. The teams were locked at thirteen all with the aid of Erlich's booming spikes. However, Yale pocketed the next two points...

Author: By Tom Kane, | Title: Elis, Engineers Rain On M. Spikers' Parade | 2/12/1990 | See Source »

Other reviewers, such as Film Comment's Harlan Jacobson, have pointed out numerous liberties that Moore takes with time and facts. The number of 1986 GM layoffs in Flint, for example, was about 5,000, not the 30,000 implied in the film. The company contends that many employees simply retired or accepted voluntary terminations or transfers to GM jobs elsewhere. Three huge commercial projects, which the city mistakenly hoped would revive prosperity, opened and failed before the 1986 layoffs, though Moore hints that they came partly as a response to GM's cuts. Says Flint Mayor Matthew S. Collier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Michael & Roger & Phil & Flint ROGER & ME | 2/12/1990 | See Source »

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