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...Tate played an excellent game. She really kept the score down," coach Rita Harder said after the game. Tate's acrobatics in the crease throughout the contest repeatedly denied blasts from the point and any followup rebounds. Midway through the second stanza, Northeastern actually committed two needless penalties in frustration over its inability to tally...

Author: By William A. Danoff, | Title: Huskies Blank Icewomen, 2-0 | 2/6/1981 | See Source »

...aftermath also has a personal note. In the ensuing frenzy, I lost my copy and proceeded to retype my story on the Red Line--to the stares of many suspicious and, needless to say, inebriated Huskie lovers...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Moments to Remember for a Crimson Devotee | 1/28/1981 | See Source »

...began--operators feverishly leaf through Emergency Procedure (EP) notebooks, searching for a way to bring the reactor back to stability. The operators don't need a college degree, nor any training in engineering. They need to pass 14 hours of exams designed to test their knowledge of the EPs. Needless to say, no one had thought to design an EP for the accident unfolding at Three Mile Island...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: And Meltdown for Dessert | 1/12/1981 | See Source »

...thing protesters seem to agree upon is the pressure big oil companies put on the government to fight in needless foreign wars. The "Hell, no; we won't go! We won't fight for Texaco!" chant has been a favorite for many. Thus it seemed particularly appropriate that the driver of a tremendous Mobil Oil truck driving past Saturday's march to the Central Square police station would shout at demonstrators, "What's the matter with you, you bunch of assholes--" Protesters pelted him with snowballs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pine Trees Make Last Stand | 1/12/1981 | See Source »

...will be difficult to tell. Reagan has vowed to keep his list of legislative desires spare and his program simple. He seems certain to seek and is likely to get a substantial tax cut, sharp increases in military spending and progress toward deregulation of business and the elimination of needless bureaucratic rules. The mechanism that Reagan may try to use is the passage of "sunset laws" killing regulations unless they are examined periodically and specifically reapproved. There is growing bipartisan sentiment for all such measures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Conservatives Are Coming! | 11/24/1980 | See Source »

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