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MANY OF America's richest men began as self-important obnoxious bastards, so I would never knock the lifestyle. All I'm saying is that there are too many self-absorbed people in my classes...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: Full of It | 10/22/1987 | See Source »

League-leading Brown (3-1) has an even easier road to the title. All the Bruins need do is knock off Harvard (2-1) two weeks from now. With this accomplished, the Bruins can roll over Dartmouth and Columbia in the season's final weeks...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: PBS to Televise Princeton-Harvard Duel | 10/20/1987 | See Source »

Last year, Dartmouth defeated a heavily favored Harvard women's soccer team, 3-1, in Hanover, N.H., to knock the Crimson out of the Ivy League race...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Women Booters Stymied; Battle Green to 0-0 Tie | 10/17/1987 | See Source »

...Biden stands for--which is what compelled Sasso to tip the media, is kept locked away, no one being brave enough to raise it--least of all John Sasso. Sasso was cognizant of the dynamics of revelation and press scrutiny. He knew that a secretly revealed tip would knock Biden out of the race, while a substantive speech about Biden by Dukakis would only serve to put more issues on the table. As any campaign manager knows, and as many were quick to point out, if the choice is between adding issues to the agenda, or reducing the number...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: A Question of Right and Wrong | 10/14/1987 | See Source »

...Osborne can go for the almost-guaranteed extra point: Nebraska wins the national championship because Miami failed to knock off the Number One team. A tie is as good as a win; but it's not the way you want to win a national championship--or even the Ivy League title...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: College Overtime: Why Kiss Your Sister? | 9/30/1987 | See Source »

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