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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...paper Yale is the favorite, boasting a 5-1 record and a convincing victory over a tough Penn squad that ran all over both Princeton and Harvard. Led by junior Geoff Mearns and old-timer Peter Wehrwein (a senior who took a year off), the guys from New Haven have had a surprisingly successful season to date...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Harriers to Host Big Three Meet Tomorrow | 10/25/1979 | See Source »

THIS WINTER, many poor Americans will not be able to afford one of the most basic of human needs: warmth. For old age pensioners struggling to survive on a monthly $300 Social Security check, this winter's heating bills, which will run well over their entire income, could lead to a choice between freezing and starving...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Heat for the Poor | 10/25/1979 | See Source »

...first full year and by the end of next year I should know my chances." The Double A league is his immediate goal. "A lot of people fail to realize that Triple A is usually for major league players who are hurt or who are old," he said, adding, "The Astros took three or four from Double A last year...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Larry Brown: From Soldiers Field to the Astrodome? | 10/25/1979 | See Source »

...situation palatable. Years of conditioning with Heinekens or strawberry dacquiris have taught them that a happy glow at dinner might be the best way to start off a weekend. Gov. Edward J. King's election seemed to snarl that pattern, since King railroaded through the legislature the 20-year-old drinking age. However, most Harvard students found last spring that King's legal grip did not extend far into Harvard Houses. The ban on House happy hours decided by the House masters in April lasted for about a week--students and masters viewed each other with benign neglect...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: Prohibition '79 | 10/25/1979 | See Source »

Upon reaching the house, the monks greeted the owners, a farmer and his wife, and requested some tea. As they sat in the kitchen a two-year-old boy ran into the room and hopped onto a monk's lap. The boy correctly called the disguised traveler "a lama of Sera," and identified two other members of his party as well. The child, named Tenzin Gyatso, spoke to the lamas in the court dialect of Lhasa, unknown to anyone in his district...

Author: By Elizabeth E. Ryan, | Title: Hello Dalai | 10/24/1979 | See Source »

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