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Whether he can be successful is not altogether clear. On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, the question is will we let him try? Or, knowing what we know, would it be more prudent to nip hi aspirations...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, | Title: Hitler's Russian Protege | 4/7/1994 | See Source »

...have been through many trying times during the last few years, and I believe we can not stress how important it is that any perception of racism or act of discrimination be reported immediately so we may nip it in the bud," Dowling wrote in the December newsletter...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: In Security Unit, Silence is Deafening | 3/5/1994 | See Source »

...disturbing part about this trend is Harvard's collective failure to nip it in the bud; the efforts of Tomassoni and leaders like McCann have yet to sink in. Martins' retaliatory hook to Mike Larkin at the end of the Vermont game (costing the Crimson a chance at a game-winning power-play opportunity) may prove to be the crucial blow in the battle for discipline--if Tomassoni's benching of Martins fails to illustrate to his players the importance of not taking stupid penalties, it's hard to imagine what could. No matter what, Tomassoni's point that...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: Halfway Home: Analyzing the Icemen | 1/24/1994 | See Source »

...reality, Clinton's formula is a very moderate effort to reduce the deficit without disrupting the economy. Proposed spending cuts nip at the fringes of the government's massive spending package; huge items like entitlements remain untouched. New taxes, while very visible, amount to only a slap on the wrist. Energy duties are minuscule in comparison to those Europeans have to pay. Clinton's plan is hardly radical, and as it passes through Congress it will likely become even less...

Author: By David L. Bosco, | Title: Deceptively Simple | 3/17/1993 | See Source »

...last weekend's nip-and-tuck contest against top-ranked Princeton (7-1, 5-0 Ivy), Penn (5-3, 3-2 Ivy) reached into their bag of tricks and pulled out the old "Lonesome End" play...

Author: By Justin R.P. Ingersoll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK | 11/12/1992 | See Source »

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