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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Despite the increased parity, Harvard still looks to be the underdog in the fight to get to the top of the league, as the perennial powerhouses still loom as the favorites. The Crimson, however, is far from being intimidated by any team this year and plans to make some noise...

Author: By Richard A. Perez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Field Hockey Shoots for Top of the Ivy | 9/17/1999 | See Source »

...spite of the challenges that loom ahead for the Crimson, it appears that Harvard will continue its tradition of soccer excellence this season. With a crop of fresh, talented first-years led by seasoned, skilled upperclassmen, Wheaton has molded a team that is a perfect combination of experience and enthusiasm...

Author: By Cathy Tran, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Soccer Hopes to Reload In a Hurry | 9/17/1999 | See Source »

...worried about. But the indexes are short-sighted, emotional creatures, and Wednesday the emotion was relief. "The uncertainty is over, and Greenspan clearly is done raising for a while," says Baumohl. And the markets are off and running all over again ?- at least until August 24 starts to loom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bulls Say Thank You to Mister Greenspan | 6/30/1999 | See Source »

...idea of exclusion from Lamont] was very amusing to us, and did not loom particularly large as a significant barrier, just another of those annoying little things that showed that we were really 'guests' and not entitled to the run of the place, as our male classmates were," she says...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Nation's First Undergraduate Library Turns 50 | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

...Kosovo. And sending in ground forces in the face of Serb resistance would be bloody. Mountainous Balkan terrain makes for tougher fighting than Iraq's wide open deserts; Serbs would hold the high ground, including passes too narrow for tanks; mines salt the few roads and bridges. Such pitfalls loom large for officers who came of age in Vietnam. "Part of contingency planning," a Pentagon colonel says, "is looking at options and ruling them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Road To Hell | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

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