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Dean Lufkin paced the Crimson in the field events, winning the long jump and placing second in the triple jump. Ed Rios also provided a high light away from the track, winning the high jump with a 6'6" leap...

Author: By Sean Becker, | Title: Thinclads Split Meets With Northeastern | 1/9/1991 | See Source »

...higher percentage than any other nation devotes to health. But the U.S. health system may be one of the few instances of social pathology that truly deserve to be compared to cancer. < It grows uncontrollably -- in terms of dollars -- but seems to become more dysfunctional with every metastatic leap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Our Health-Care Disgrace | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

...challenge is far greater. Working alongside a President she outspokenly disagrees with, she has been the leader in seeking a negotiated agreement with Moscow to give Lithuania its independence. An economist for much of her 47 years, Prunskiene has become Lithuania's voice of reason. She made the short leap from economics to politics two years ago when she helped found Sajudis, the independence movement. "I was very unhappy seeing what should be done but was not done," she says. From the beginning she has reached out for Western expertise and advice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Challenge In the East | 11/8/1990 | See Source »

...then they went nuts. Totally nuts. It was a small sprint for a 'shmen, a giant leap for 'shmenkind. And it'll make a damn fine wall decoration...

Author: By M.d. Stankiewicz, | Title: The Dartmouth 'Shmen That Bamboozled the Harvard Band | 10/30/1990 | See Source »

...easy confirmation. Souter's low-key, courteous performance was so skillful that the final 90-to-9 vote for his confirmation on the Senate floor last week sparked little emotional debate. Kate Michelman, director of the National Abortion Rights Action League, simply called the Senate vote a "dangerous leap of faith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Mr. Souter Comes to Town | 10/15/1990 | See Source »

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