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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Review's Flanagan says that McLaughlin "has to get some backbone." Sitting beneath a framed photo of Richard M. Nixon, the conservative student leader and former shanty-buster told The Crimson that the President's lack of leadership and "inability to lay down a law and stick by it" typified his administrative policy...

Author: By Robert F. Cunha jr., SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Dartmouth's Carnival of Protest | 2/12/1986 | See Source »

...Harvard men's squash team defeated a strong Princeton squad, 7-2, to lay claim to its fourth consecutive number one national ranking Saturday at Hemenway Gym before 500 rowdy fans...

Author: By Steve Li, | Title: M. Squash Destroys Tigers, 7-2 | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

...meanwhile, has gone on a stringent diet. Atlantic Richfield, which had already slashed its work force from 39,000 to 29,000, announced last week that it will lay off as many as 2,000 more and close its exploration office in Denver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Gusher of Gloom in the Oil Patch | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

Gaining power in Uganda is one thing, but maintaining it is quite another. Last week Museveni appealed to all government troops to lay down their arms. Many former army soldiers retreated to the northern part of the country, assaulting and looting along the way. General Okello reportedly sought refuge in Sudan, where he is said to be planning a counterattack. From his own haven in Saudi Arabia, Idi Amin charged the new government with slaughtering civilians and claimed that he had urged his followers inside Uganda to resist Museveni. The old guard may be gone, but it will probably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Uganda Changing of the Guard in Kampala | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

...fact, some people have looked forward totoday since almost exactly one year ago, when afired-up crowd at Princeton's Dillon Pool inspiredthe Tigers to defeat Harvard, 60-53, and lay claimto last year's Ivy League Championship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bigtime at Blodgett | 2/8/1986 | See Source »

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