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...past is any indication of the future, today's battle promises to be one of those free-swinging, knock-down-drag-out affairs. For the last few years Harvard and Cornell have staged wild scoring contests, including a 39-27 come-from-behind victory last year by the Crimson before 32,000 at Harvard...

Author: By Andrew P. Quigley, | Title: Harvard Meets Cornell Today | 10/18/1975 | See Source »

...knock-kneed mini skirted wig wearing died blond mamma's scar born dead my scorn your whore rough heeled broken nailed powdered face...

Author: By Anemona Hartocollis, | Title: Nothing Black but a Cadillac | 10/9/1975 | See Source »

Most people could not pronounce his name. He came from the back courts; he applauded his opponent's best shots; if he thought an adversary had got a bad linesman's call, he would chivalrously knock his next return into the net. He smiled his toothy grin when his rivals snarled or cursed. But last week Manuel Orantes, 26, an optician's son from Barcelona, took the center court at Forest Hills in the U.S. Open tournament and beat the stuffing out of Jimmy Connors, 23, who has a lot of stuffing and some of the best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 22, 1975 | 9/22/1975 | See Source »

Student resentment often focuses on Harvard professors, who many believe are not doing as much as they could for their students. One graduate student comments, "In times gone by, people did come by and knock on your door...Those days are gone, and I don't think some of the professors have adjusted to it. They don't want to go and beat bushes for their students...

Author: By Julia M. Klein, | Title: For the Harvard Ph.D., No More Guarantees | 9/15/1975 | See Source »

...unions were not as powerful, the clock would go back because I don't think that breed ever alters. We just don't work as partners. When they want something, they talk about common interest. But whenever we've needed anything, we have either had to knock it out of them or almost rape them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN/SPECIAL REPORT: UPSTAIRS/DOWNSTAIRS AT THE FACTORY | 9/15/1975 | See Source »

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