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Throughout history, scholars have been forced by the forgers' wiles to sift the real from the spurious in the written record. Great literature, from Homer to Shakespeare to Frost, has been lifted by forgers, some unmasked, some forever anonymous. Religions have been undermined, the reputations of races besmirched, nation set against nation, scientist against scientist, banker against depositor, even lover against the beloved, all by forgers' clandestine deceptions. Phony works of art have debased culture. Crass counterfeiting has threatened the stability of currency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hitler's Forged Diaries | 5/16/1983 | See Source »

...second game Bill Doyle started out recreating his one-hitter against Cornell last week. But one of two hits Doyle gave up Saturday was a two-run homer, and he left after 5 2/3 innings...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Batmen Batter Dartmouth, 8-3, 12-6 | 5/16/1983 | See Source »

...with two down in the top of the ninth, pinch hitter Gelean Cambell faced an 0-2 count. He took the next pitch over the left field fence for his first career homer...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Tufts Tops Batmen in 10 Innings, Takes Title From Erring Crimson | 5/11/1983 | See Source »

After Cambell's homer forced extra innings, the comedy of errors continued. Tufts 6, Crimson 3 TUFTS ab r h bl Dawley 2b 4 0 0 0 Kruger 3b 6 1 2 0 Hartet 3 1 0 0 Snarsky 1b 5 2 3 0 Andon lf 3 1 1 1 Smerczynski dh 4 0 1 1 McLoughlin rf ss 4 0 2 1 Carter c 5 0 1 1 Ambrosess 2 0 1 0 Campbell cf 1 1 1 1 Farrell rf 0 0 0 0 Cantalupa pr 0 0 0 0 Carroll ph 1 0 0 0 Chaclasess...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Tufts Tops Batmen in 10 Innings, Takes Title From Erring Crimson | 5/11/1983 | See Source »

Harvard got out on top in the third, when second baseman DiCesare led off with a double Designated hitter Scott Vierra followed with an RBI single. Allard's two-run homer in the fourth drove in Martelli and extended the Crimson edge to 3-0. But starter Bill Larson gave up a single, a walk and a home run to the first three batters in the bottom of the inning, and the score was deadlocked...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Batmen Fall Short at Rhode Island, 7-5 Host Greater Boston Foe MIT Today | 5/4/1983 | See Source »

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