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...question confronting New England lacrosse fans these days is, Can the red hot Crimson lax squad sweep its next four games for an incredible 11 game win streak? And if so, will it earn them a berth as New England's sole rep in the NCAA playoffs...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Laxmen to Face Tigers Today, Seek Eighth Straight Victory | 4/28/1979 | See Source »

Egasti and company are especially wary of Princeton's lightning quick lair of attackmen. All-American Dave Huebeck, Bob Thomas, and George Brush--all natives of lax-happy Baltimore--combined for 98 points last year, and all have returned this season...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Laxmen to Face Tigers Today, Seek Eighth Straight Victory | 4/28/1979 | See Source »

...Business School Field, scooping, shoving and finally shooting its way to a 13-9 victory. That makes an impressive string of six wins in a row for the stickmen, whose only two losses to date this season have come at the hands of a pair of genuine lax heavyweights-- Johns Hopkins and Cornell (by the agonizing score...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Laxmen Quickstick Elis, 13-9; Crimson Raises Record to 7-2 | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

This history is behind the main charge leveled against the NRC by the Union of Concerned Scientists, which is composed of 70,000 members, including 2,500 scientists and engineers, and three dozen nuclear experts. The nonprofit organization charges that the NRC has been far too lax about safety standards for nuclear power. Says U.C.S. Spokesman Robert Pollard, a former NRC safety inspector who resigned when his recommendations were overridden: "The top men at the NRC grew up [in the AEC] with the dream of nuclear energy. For that dream to work, it has to be economical. Even though they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Watching the Watchdogs | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

Sykes' assassination, coming just a month after U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Adolph Dubs was kidnaped and murdered by Muslim extremists, underscored the grim reality that diplomats have become prime targets for terrorists. By and large, security measures to protect the ambassadors are often surprisingly lax. Straub's parents said their son had told them of repeated bomb threats against the ambassadorial residence. Yet the ambassador had no bodyguard, the limousine was not equipped with bulletproof windows, and his residence was unguarded. Sykes' apparent disregard for his own safety seemed all the more astonishing since he had recommended...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Murder in The Hague | 4/2/1979 | See Source »

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