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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Local 26 at Harvard have suffered a tragic loss. Our Union Brother Sherman Holcombe has passed away. Brother Sherman stood by us and stood for us. We are together today and have won the gains we have won: because Brother Sherman was one of us. He united us both Black and White, even in the face of the ugly prejudice in society. He was an advocate of human rights, our rights, and set a precedent of standing up for our rights. When the pressure came down on all of us he bore the brunt of it to the extent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Note of Sorrow | 4/12/1979 | See Source »

...fights for better working conditions and fair treatment are gone, und no one really remembers quite what happened in the early winter that was my freshman year. But I think, if only for the fact that he was a good man, and that his death means a loss for anyone who knew him, Sherman should be remembered. His honesty and courage--and those aren't hollow words--were, and continue to be, an inspiration to me, and if the later consequences of the things he did left him disillusioned, it was more a comment on what Harvard does to even...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sherman Holcombe | 4/10/1979 | See Source »

...loss shattered Harvard's hopes for its first undisputed league crown since 1966, and it made a clean sweep of the Crimson's eight remaining league contests necessary for even a share of the title. Navy had not beaten Harvard since 1971, when Harvard coach Dave Fish was playing as a junior...

Author: By John Donley, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Navy Stuns Racquetmen, 5-4, All but Shattering Title Hopes | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

Dick Arnos, however, subbing at six due to injuries to Scott Walker and Jim Curley, won an equally important straight-setter. And five-man Greg Kirsch avenged his loss to Jon Wall of a year ago by search-and-destroying the Middie, 6-2, 6-1. The victory gave the red-hot Kirsch a weekend total of 29 games won, 10 lost...

Author: By John Donley, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Navy Stuns Racquetmen, 5-4, All but Shattering Title Hopes | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

Freezing cold, a strong wind, and an even stronger group of UMass distance runners combined to hand the Harvard women's track team a 72-55 loss Saturday in Springfield, in a meet that was closer than the score indicates...

Author: By Panos P. Constantinides, | Title: Weather, Minutemen Mar Thinclads' Outdoor Debut | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

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