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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The triumph marked the Crimson's first sweep of an Ivy weekend bill this season, as the squad reversed earlier losses to Cornell and the Lions.

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Cagers Wallop Columbia, 92-83, to String Ivy Wins | 3/1/1976 | See Source »

Alrich's main complaint is that in the past few decades Harvard has become more and more like the real world, and less and less the warm womb of "cushioned unreality" it was when he was a student. He flinches at the large enrollments of courses like Ec 10 and...

Author: By James B. Witkin, | Title: Pride, Privilege and Prejudice | 2/28/1976 | See Source »

Steinbeck's early life was marked by repeated failures to get his work published, and he alternated between defiance and self-doubt. Shortly after the publication of Cup of Gold, his first novel, which attracted little attention, he declared, "The failures of the last couple of years seem to have...

Author: By Stephen J. Chapman, | Title: Tools of Loneliness | 2/26/1976 | See Source »

It was Dwight Eisenhower who first exposed his vital organs to public scrutiny. James Hagerty, Ike's press secretary, believes that if all those bits about pulse and blood pressure had not been put out when Ike had his heart attack in 1955, he might have lost the 1956...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: It's Good to Come Clean on Health | 2/23/1976 | See Source »

The match also marked Levin's first encounter with a lefty. It took a while to adjust to her sinistral foe, but by the end of the first game, Levin said, she had adjusted.

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: 'Cliffe Five Win; Racquetwomen Lose | 2/19/1976 | See Source »

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