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September 28--In a speech at the 13th annual kick-off of the Harvard College Fund drive, President Bok cites rising expenses, the proposed Harvard-Radcliffe merger, and the quality of undergraduate education as the major problems facing the University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Bok Decade: A Chronology | 6/4/1981 | See Source »

...starters, they took the kick-off on the 26 and marched 74 yards to paydirt with fullback Jon Hollingsworth plunging the final four yds. in the face of an Eli defense that had not yielded a single point in the first quarter all season...

Author: By Mike Bass, | Title: The '70s: A Decade Of Games | 11/22/1980 | See Source »

...starters, they took the kick-off on the 26 and marched 74 yards to paydirt with fullback Jon Hollingsworth plunging the final four yds. in the face of an Eli defense that had not yielded a single point in the first quarter all season...

Author: By Daniel S. Benjamin, | Title: The Shock Of 1979 | 11/22/1980 | See Source »

After the kick-off, Callinan and Conners--aided by a crucial third down defensive holding penalty against Princeton--again combined to bring the Crimson downfield against a Princeton defense that had three starters out with injuries. Callinan compiled 21 yds. and Connors 15 as the Crimson moved to the Princeton 13. But the gridders went no further, and Dave Cody came in to nail a 30-yd. field goal...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Now Princeton Reigns on Gridders' Parade, 7-3 | 10/27/1980 | See Source »

From the snorting mimicry of airplane engines at kick-off to lyric invocations of the beauty of the sky at dawn and dusk, Peterson holds his audience in a trance. The most appealing of his acting skills is his ability to endow Bishop with both vulnerable humanity and dare devil courage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Sky-Struck | 8/4/1980 | See Source »

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