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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Only the first place finisher in the tournament gets the nod for an NCAA berth. The 36-hole event is being held at the Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Mass. where the professional tour touches down every summer to play the Pleasant Valley Classic...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Golfers Third in NCAA Trial | 5/6/1977 | See Source »

...East, uprooted and sent West on the Trail of Tears. But in the next section, Colleague David Herbert Donald (who writes crisply on the Civil War) reduces the entire Indian conflict in the West to one paragraph. Americans of Puerto Rican or Mexican origin are given hardly a nod, and then a misguided one: the book asserts that Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers movement "declined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: America, America | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

Attackman Jeff Hickey and Steve O'Neill, dangerous as rookies, should be even better this year. Four different players have been bidding for the goalie job; freshman Charlie Moore, a high school teammate of Harvard's Mike Ward, is currently getting the nod...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Ivy League Lacrosse Title Chase Heats Up; Revenge-Minded Harvard Hosts Brown Today | 4/16/1977 | See Source »

Based on their 11-9 triumph over Harvard and impressive, undefeated play outside the conference, the Quakers get the early nod as Best of the Rest. Today's contest, Harvard vs. Brown, will be another step toward unscrambling the many contenders...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Ivy League Lacrosse Title Chase Heats Up; Revenge-Minded Harvard Hosts Brown Today | 4/16/1977 | See Source »

...goal, Kenny First, the back-up last spring as a freshman, got the starting nod over last year's starter, senior Jim Michelson. The sophomore seemed unsure of himself, and while the Tritons managed to get only three shots on net in the initial 30 minutes, two of them found their way past First...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Stickmen Stomp Tritons, 19-5 | 3/28/1977 | See Source »

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