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...those were the precise words of Dartmouth president John G. Kemeny addressing 10,000 at a pep rally Friday night. Kemeny, appropriately enough, chaired the commission appointed to investigate Three Mile Island...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Green With Envy | 10/20/1980 | See Source »

...seven man John MacEachern said, "which felt good all the way down the course." Although one part of the course--the powerhouse stretch just past the Western Ave. bridge--gave them problems, the crowd helped restore the boat's rhythm as it covered the three-mile course...

Author: By Lucy M. Schulte, | Title: Harvard Second Overall in Head of the Charles | 10/20/1980 | See Source »

Instead of wandering a mile or two to a local pond like Thoreau, Arthur journeyed with her husband to Stuart Lake, British Columbia, 54 degrees, 40 minutes, where they buy a small island and build a house. Their motive is clearly escape: "When we moved to the island, we dreamed of making a permanent home in the wilderness, apart from the forces we thought were destroying and polluting the world...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Paradise Misplaced | 10/20/1980 | See Source »

Despite the major advantages of surprise and superior numbers, the Iraqi forces had achieved no major victory in their invasion of Iran along a 500-mile front from the Iranian border town of Qasr-e-Shirin in the north to the port of Khorramshahr in the south. The Iraqi proposal for a "unilateral ceasefire" appeared to have been merely a smokescreen to cover the fact that its forces were making limited progress toward their objectives. Baghdad's battle plan apparently called for the seizure of key cities in Iran's oil-rich Khuzistan province, which has a large...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSIAN GULF: Choosing Up Sides | 10/20/1980 | See Source »

...sport that demands great effort, sacrifice, discipline, and mental toughness on an individual level, it is rare to find anything like a partnership existing. But a partnership it has become--Linsley and Beckford running side by side, pacing each other through each endless mile, often 20 or more seconds ahead of their nearest competitor...

Author: By Sara J. Nicholas, | Title: Double Trouble | 10/17/1980 | See Source »

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