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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...next challenge for the Crimson will come this weekend as they play in the Northern Division tournament...

Author: By Jill L. Brenner, | Title: M. Water Polo Wins | 9/30/1994 | See Source »

This tournament is the stepping-stone to the prestigious Eastern championships--the 12 teams in the Northern division play in three tournaments which determine the seeding for the Northern Division championships...

Author: By Jill L. Brenner, | Title: M. Water Polo Wins | 9/30/1994 | See Source »

...together from these artifacts contains plenty of surprises. Says Kessler: "From our knowledge of Genghis Khan and the Mongols, we had assumed tribes in this region spent most of their time on horseback. But archaeology is beginning to show that from 6000 B.C. on, these were agrarian societies." The northern peoples had much in common with the Chinese to the south:stone altars and pieces of jade carved into dragons suggest there was a common origin for the two groups' important beliefs, rituals and religious concepts. In addition, recent excavations have uncovered the remains of more than 100 walled cities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Khan Collection | 9/26/1994 | See Source »

...early 12th century, the Qidan were conquered by a northern tribe that founded the Jin dynasty and evidently had many contacts with other empires. Specimens of southern Chinese blue-and-white porcelain found in Jin settlements -- a surprise, since these wares are believed to be a 14th century invention -- may have been gifts from visiting diplomats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Khan Collection | 9/26/1994 | See Source »

...I.R.A. after its cease-fire announcement last month, British Prime Minister John Major lifted a ban on broadcasting the voices of Irish Republican Army leaders. Former PM Margaret Thatcher banned the I.R.A. voices from British broadcasts in 1988, but radio and TV stations simply used actors with Northern Irish accents to dub the comments of Republican activists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week September 11-17 | 9/26/1994 | See Source »

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