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...only is the Coast Guard unable to provide helicopters (they are grounded in Michigan by fog), but it turns up with what the chief considers totally inadequate rescue support. "What the hell's one 14-ft. boat and five guys going to do in a five-mile area?" he storms. Verb also believes the ice break was caused by a Coast Guard cutter that carved a channel in the ice pack 15 miles offshore on its way to take samples at the Davis-Besse nuclear power station cooling-water outlet. Says he: "It don't take a smart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Ohio: Rescue from an Icy Island | 2/16/1981 | See Source »

...Harvard tally are sophomores Maureen Gildea, Terri Frick and Kathy Davis. Recovering from a debilitating series of knee operations, Gildea's distance free times have been dropping steadily since the beginning of January. Although she is not at the same level she was when she took the Ivy League mile crown last year, Gildea will probably be in good shape for the Ivies and Easterns...

Author: By Caroline R. Adams, | Title: The Sweet Smell Of Revenge | 2/13/1981 | See Source »

Nailed down by 5000 mile border with 1,000,000,000 hostile Chinese, snarled in Poland and Afghanistan, with 40,000,000 restive Soviet muslims, only 240,000,000 population to defend area twice continental U.S.A.: how, Ron, is Russia to build world communist state? Henry Ratliff

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Ratliff File | 2/12/1981 | See Source »

Harvard's final victory in the two-mile relay and second-place finish in the mile relay put the Crimson 13 points behind B.U. for the day, a well-fought and well-earned finish for the plucky tracksters...

Author: By Sara J. Nicholas, | Title: Men Third, Women Second in GBC's | 2/9/1981 | See Source »

First place conceded, the interesting part of the meet will be a tight battle for second place by three equally strong teams: Harvard (who grabbed second last year), Tufts, and B.C. The crux of the battle will center around the half mile event, coming in the latter half of the meet. Harvard's Martha Clabby and Eva Anderson give the tracksters a good shot at a one-two finish, but it seems that every team involved boasts a star half miler so the contest should be especially tight...

Author: By Sara J. Nicholas, | Title: Crimson Tracksters to Host GBCs This Weekend | 2/7/1981 | See Source »

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