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After an encouraging victory over Ivy rival Yale Friday night, the Crimson (7-9 overall, 2-3 Ivy) was unable to keep the streak alive, losing to the height-blessed Bears...

Author: By Angela M. Payne, | Title: It Was Just One of Those Days for W. Cagers | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

Young's mark should be the height to beat in upcoming Ivy meets and the Greater Boston Championships. This height will also place her among the favorites in the Heps...

Author: By Ray Patricco, | Title: Thinclads Go to Army: Women Win; Men Fall | 1/17/1990 | See Source »

From atop a windswept hill, the panoramic landscape looks eerily beautiful -- and yet completely hostile to life. Even at the height of summer, the scene is one of frigid desolation. To the west lies a saltwater bay whose surface is frozen solid. Beyond the bay loom glittering glaciers and towering, rocky peaks. On the south and east rises a blinding white shelf of permanent ice, so thick that it grinds against the seabed far below. And to the north is a snow- covered volcano that continuously belches noxious fumes. This is the bottom of the world, where winds can reach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Antarctica | 1/15/1990 | See Source »

...portrays Antonia entering a crowded room: "There's a stateliness about her. It's almost like a member of the royal family; people feel they should make a little bow. Some people are dazzled, some feel overawed. She can intimidate some and charm others. It's chemistry -- and possibly height. But as soon as she laughs, the formality is completely dissolved." Adds playwright Arthur Miller, a frequent guest of the Pinters: "She has great elegance as a writer and as a person." Marigold Johnson, a devoted friend since Oxford days who is married to the sharply conservative writer and historian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LADY ANTONIA FRASER: Not Quite Your Usual Historian | 1/15/1990 | See Source »

...Melvin Grumbach and Dr. Selna Kaplan at the University of California at San Francisco suggests that while about a third of the treated children grew faster through adolescence than they would have without the hormone, in the end they added only about 1 1/2 in. to their predicted adult height...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: A Chance to Be Taller | 1/8/1990 | See Source »

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