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Fresh off its victory in the Bean-pot, the debut of its own line of glossy trading cards and its return to Bright Hockey Center, Harvard set the tone it wanted early. A skate-and-shoot attack helped the Crimson outgun Yale 37-19 in shots and overwhelm Yale sophomore goaltender Todd Sullivan...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, | Title: Icemen Defeat Tenth-Ranked Yale | 2/13/1993 | See Source »

Weapons. Close to 1,000 M1A1 tanks are now in Saudi Arabia, and with their laser range finders, infrared sensors and digital computerized firing systems, they should be able to outrun and outgun the best Iraqi tanks, Soviet-made T- 72s. Infantry will navigate with the Global Positioning Satellite system, a book-size receiver that allows them to determine their location within a couple of yards. The big surprise if war broke out could be American Apache and Cobra helicopters. Despite a reputation for maintenance problems, the Apaches in Saudi Arabia have been ready for duty more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Advantage: The Alliance | 1/21/1991 | See Source »

Police have attempted to bring the gangs under control, using almostrepressive measures including mass arrests to scare the youngsters. But the gang members outnumber and outgun law enforcement officers. Last march, a rookie New York cop was assassinated by a cocaine kingpin's hitman...

Author: By Matthew H. Joseph, | Title: Ending the Drug Prohibition | 5/6/1988 | See Source »

...nearly 40 years, standard military wisdom in the West has held that Warsaw Pact armies so outnumber and outgun NATO that only nuclear arms could redress the balance. This conventional forces "gap" has legitimized NATO's reliance on nuclear weapons, which in turn has allowed the alliance to hold down its spending on nonnuclear forces. Now, however, with NATO's nuclear inventory likely to shrink, fears are surfacing that decades of nuclear dependence may have left the alliance with insufficient conventional clout to keep the peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West Battle of the Bean Counters | 6/15/1987 | See Source »

...want, perhaps even need real men (women need not apply) who can stand up to the ruthless terror tactics of Islamic fanatics, outwit and ultimately outgun the miscreants who choose to try to besmirch this nation's honor...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: No Heroics | 7/9/1985 | See Source »

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