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This weekend, Harvard (15-2 overall, 13-1 ECAC) will have to overcome its apparent distaste for national rankings if it's going to have a chance to knock off Army--which visits Bright Center tonight at 7:30--and Princeton, tomorrow night's guest...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Seeking a Bit of Bright Delight | 2/6/1987 | See Source »

...then he schemes -- an important activity for a company director. The year 1992 stirs his imagination: What can he do about Columbus? Another quandary: How to get the troupe to Vienna so he can knock their socks off with a homage to the city featuring ballets set to Mozart, Strauss, Webern, Berg and others? Although the details are not yet final, City Ballet's next gala attraction will be a festival of American music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Peter Martins' Little Nothings | 2/2/1987 | See Source »

Harvard has an even better reason to want to knock off Clarkson. Toward the end of last season, the Golden Knights served up two punishing defeats to a Harvard team which was gunning for the NCAAs, knocked Scott Fusco out with a separated shoulder, almost single-handedly spoiling the team's season in the process...

Author: By Adam J. Epstein, | Title: Streaking Icemen Hit the Road | 1/9/1987 | See Source »

...fighter my biggest drawback was [that] I was a boxer, not a slugger. The crowds wanted knock-outs, blood and guts. I would go the distance and always out-point my opponent. Finally I hung up the mits. There was no money and I felt my health was more important...

Author: By Margaret Seaver, | Title: Unexpected Art in Unlikely Places | 1/9/1987 | See Source »

...light of what we all profess to think about guys who knock of trains and kill officers of the law, it's pretty surprising that many of us know the song about the James Brothers--the one with the verse about the "dirty little coward" who killed Mr. James. And is there anyone who hasn't rooted for Paul Newman and Robert Redford against the marshals who would keep Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid from living it up on stolen loot...

Author: By Michael D. Nolan, | Title: Of Bandits and Zealots | 1/7/1987 | See Source »

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