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...Easterns in recent years, despite improving enough to dominate all of its New England rivals except Brown. From this follows the fifth-year goal of Hafferty's Five Year Plan--the Crimson must raise its level of play to match that of Eastern powers Army, Brown, Arkansas, Iona, Bucknell and Navy...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: In the Final Year of the Five-Year Plan | 9/11/1989 | See Source »

Tail Feathers from Mother Goose (Little, Brown; $19.95) skims a famous compilation of nursery rhymes by two Oxonians, Iona Opie and her late husband Peter. Their previous books include superior verses, but no better illustrations. Some 60 prominent artists from Sendak to Nicola Bayley have given stature to such street doggerel as "Once there was a little boy,/ He lived in his skin;/ When he pops out,/ You may pop in" and George Bernard Shaw's effort for the young, presented at age 93: "Dumpitydoodledum big bow wow/ Dumpitydoodledum dandy!" Not exactly Dr. Seuss, but, as young people know, many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Child's Garden of Lore And Laughter | 12/12/1988 | See Source »

...water polo players lost their first two games to Navy and Iona decisively, but their energetic win against Washington and Lee in the final game yesterday made the trip worthwhile...

Author: By Sandra Block, | Title: Aquadudes Seventh At Eastern Tourney | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

...first game, the Crimson fell hard to top-seeded Navy, 13-3. Harvard's 12-7 loss to Iona in the second game was a slight improvement. Co-Captain Steve Dodge blamed the lagging offense for the slow start...

Author: By Sandra Block, | Title: Aquadudes Seventh At Eastern Tourney | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

Though Harvard's offense struggled, the games were not without high points. John Marshall gave the Crimson a goal at the buzzer in the team's game against Iona. Steve Kan, who has what Dodge calls "a rifle of an arm," also blasted one by the goalie...

Author: By Sandra Block, | Title: Aquadudes Seventh At Eastern Tourney | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

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