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This season was in fact the best chance in a long time for the "other" Ivy League schools to knock off Penn and Princeton from the top of the standings. Dartmouth also had a strong senior class (of Sea Lonergan, Brian Gilpin and Kenny Mitchell), but finished at 10-4 alongside Harvard...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: A Perfect Finish | 3/3/1997 | See Source »

Around 1 a.m. he heard a light knock on his door, but by the time White answered, the person was hurrying down the stairs...

Author: By Caitlin E. Anderson, | Title: Series of Thefts, Acts of Vandalism Hit Greenough | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

...during a trip to Niagara Falls. After seeing the Falls, he started talking with the very cynical manager of the honeymoon hotel where he was staying. He was fascinated by the stories of "brides and bridegrooms getting out of their limousines directly from their wedding and having these incredible knock-down, drag-out fights right in the hotel foyer before they'd even gone up to their room." The hotel also featured what Rosenberg termed "very watered-down fantasy theme rooms...

Author: By Rustin C. Silverstein, | Title: Hackneyed Honeymoon Hotel Inspires Labor of Love | 2/20/1997 | See Source »

Freshman defenseman Matt Scorsune added some comic relief to a depressing game, when he used his hockey stick to knock down a blue balloon which floated over the ice in the second period...

Author: By Chris W. Mcevoy, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Men's Hockey Falls to Northeastern, 2-0 | 2/11/1997 | See Source »

...woman who broke precedent and bravely crusaded nationally on one of the great social issues of the day, voracious book reader, shrewd observer who identified a massive shift in the U.S. economy and the job skills required to meet it, partisan of women's rights, winner of a knock-down, drag-out battle with a Congress that attempted to shut down the government and humiliate the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CURSE OF GOOD TIMES | 2/10/1997 | See Source »

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