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...Meter Relay--1. Harvard, 3:50.94; 2. Dartmouth, 3:53.54;3. Penn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: For the Record... | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

...Koblitz has observed, "Huntington never bothers to inform the reader in what sense these are equations." How does Huntington measure "instability," "social frustration," "social mobilization?" Does he have a social frustration meter? Abbreviating the equations in the form A/B=C, C/D=E, E/F=G, are we allowed seventh grade algebra to conclude that A=BC=BDE=BDFG, i.e., that "social mobilization is equal to economic development times mobility opportunities times political institutionalization times political instability"? And Koblitz remarks: "Huntington's use of equations produces effects--mystification, intimidation, an impression of precision and profundity..." Huntington fails to define just what these...

Author: By Serge Lang, | Title: On a Recent Non-Election to the NAS | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

...Captain Erin Sugrue continued her tremendous season, capturing the high jump and the 100-meter high hurdles, while placing second in the triple jump. Sugrue's winning jump in the high jump was 5-ft., 6-in.--six inches lower than her personal best--while her time in the hurdles was 14.55 seconds...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Thinclads Stumble In Heptagonal Meet | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

Freshman phenom Meredith Rainey set a new meet record in the 400-meter run with a time of 53.93, breaking the old record by more than three-quarters of a second and setting a new personal best...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Thinclads Stumble In Heptagonal Meet | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

Rainey also copped second in the 200-meter run with a time of 24.93, was edged out at the finish by Dartmouth's Betsy Cuervo, whom Rainey had beaten in a tri-meet at Dartmouth last month...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Thinclads Stumble In Heptagonal Meet | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

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