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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last night the Crimson defeated the Colgate Red Raiders 63-54 at home in Lavietes Pavilion. Harvard's win ended its streak of bad luck against the Red Raiders to whom it has lost seven out of its last eight encounters...

Author: By Chris W. Mcevoy, | Title: Grancio Foils Foyle | 1/10/1996 | See Source »

...would have subjugated Italy and attempted to destroy the Vatican, representing as it did a powerful competing entity. Failing to snuff out the devotion of European Catholics, the dictator would probably have tried picking cardinals and Popes as the next best thing. We can only wish the Chinese no luck at all in this outrageous effort to assert their power over the life of Tibet. DAVID WREN Bloomington, Indiana Via E-mail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 8, 1996 | 1/8/1996 | See Source »

...been working really hard this season, but luck just hasn't been on our side," Frump said. "Hopefully, this is a sign of things to come...

Author: By Dov J. Glickman, | Title: W. Hockey Tames Tigers With 5-2 Win | 12/18/1995 | See Source »

...would-be free spirit who falls for her straitlaced sister's fiance, a poor-born but quick-climbing lawyer. Though Linney has brightness and passion, Hepburn's telltale intonations--everything from her offhand pluckiness to her tremulous indignation--keep surfacing. As the fiance, Tony Goldwyn has better luck sliding out from under Grant's broad-shouldered shadow, although he escapes partly through lack of intensity; he doesn't fully engage us in his struggle between the two sisters, between prestige and fulfillment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THEATER: EVER AFTER | 12/18/1995 | See Source »

However, despite its bad luck in crunch time, the Crimson remains optimistic...

Author: By Eric R. French, | Title: W. Basketball Has Something to Prove | 12/13/1995 | See Source »

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