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...when the Fairchild Foundation tendered its offer of $5 million, the department leapt at the offer. One professor, President Bok says, went so far as to tell him, "You either have a new building or you have no Biochemistry department...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: End of an Odyssey | 10/3/1981 | See Source »

...movie crew filming an incredible scene. But this demented episode was disturbingly real. At 5 a.m. on June 27 Gerard Coury, 26, straight-arrow son of a middle-class family, was chased by a gang of some 40 youths into a subway station as onlookers jeered him. He leapt past police, who tried to subdue him, and onto the tracks, where he died-perhaps from touching an electrified rail, or maybe from sheer fright...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scared to Death | 7/13/1981 | See Source »

...occasion. Captain Kirk and Studly were in their room, not eager for Lippert's company. Lippert knocked on the door and was told politely not to come in. He pushed against the door trying to force his way in but it wouldn't budge. And so always resourceful he leapt up grabbed ahold of a pipe running above the door swung his feet back and kicked the door in--a feat for which he was later fined...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: Haven't Had Enough, Huh? | 3/17/1981 | See Source »

After Crimson punter Steve Flach kicked into the Eli end zone for a touchback. Rogan set off on an 80-yd. march, eventually hitting paydirt with a fourth-and-19 pass to split end Curtis Grieve, who leapt high above cornerback Rocky Delgadillo and adjuster Matt Foley for a spectacular six points...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Elis Smash Gridders for Title, 14-0 | 11/24/1980 | See Source »

Four minutes later, they were. On Harvard's next possession, Cuccia began moving the team again, but on first and ten at the 50 he cut upfield off the single wing, leapt to hurdle a tackler, and pulled his hamstring in the process. He stayed in the game two plays longer, but benched himself after the series, taking with him Harvard's chance for a resurgence...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Gridders Fall Back to Pack at Dartmouth, 30-12 | 10/20/1980 | See Source »

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