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...that would be a terrible solution. The talented Crimson, ranked third in the nation coming into last night's debacle, better be able to knock off lesser teams that are gunning for it. As defending champions, everyone will be gunning for them...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Spouting Off About the Curse of the Yale Whale | 11/11/1989 | See Source »

...City Council Monday night put off discussion of two major controversies: an extension for City Manager Robert W. Healy's contract and a decision to let the developer of the Harvard Motor Inn site knock down the current Inn and replace it with shops and offices...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Council Tables Ruling On Harvard Motor Inn | 11/1/1989 | See Source »

...next major advances will come harder and slower. Rick Martin, who follows the industry for Prudential-Bache Securities, points out that software is still produced in the same four categories as it was nearly a decade ago: spreadsheets, data base, communications, and text or graphics processing. "There's no knock-'em-dead technology out there," he says. "There's nothing out there that makes you feel like you're missing something if you don't have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just Squeaking Along | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

...third and final consequence of centralized administration is perhaps the most famous: revolution. It is easier to knock over a one-legged giant than an octopus...

Author: By Zachary M. Schrag, | Title: The Old Regime and Randomization | 10/25/1989 | See Source »

...young Panamanian officers responded to U.S. pressure to rid their country of Manuel Noriega, that we were aware of the plot, involved to some undetermined degree and that a few yards away were some of the 12,000 trained and armed American troops stationed in Panama. Does opportunity ever knock so hard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency Is Bush Bold Enough? | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

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