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Penn's victory gave it a share of the Ivy League championship for the sixth time in seven years. The Quakers can win the crown outright with a victory or tie against Cornell next Saturday...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: All in All, They'd Rather Be Elsewhere | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

With its blowout of Harvard, Penn has already assured itself at least a share of the crown. A victory over Cornell would give it the title outright. If Cornell wins, it would share the championship trophy with the Quakers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cornell Downs Lions; Princeton Socks Yale | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

...Quakers (9-0 overall, 6-0 Ivy) clinched at least a share of the Ivy League crown with its victory. Penn meets Cornell next weekend in Ithaca for the outright title, marking the third consecutive season that the two Ivy League leaders will meet in the season finale to decide the championship...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Shake Down: Quakers Rip Gridders | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

...major disagreement is the possible return to Afghanistan by the former monarch, King Zahir Shah, to serve as an interim ruler. Jamiat leaders reject the suggestion outright because they regard the King as a feudal holdover as well as accountable for the steady growth of Soviet involvement in the country until his ouster in 1973. "Free elections will have their limits," says Massoud. "Even if one of the other mujahedin parties were to propose it, we would not agree to people who have betrayed this country having a chance to participate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan: Another Dagger Aimed at the Heart | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

...campaigns in utopia. But that's because this republic is run on different principles than Plato's. An American election is a conversation. It tells us what the parties and the voters are willing to say and hear. If it does so with a minimum of muck and outright lying, it has done its job relatively well. This one has. Bring on Dan Quayle and the A.C.L.U. cards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Lighten Up, This Campaign Isn't So Bad | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

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