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...Crimson's swarming defense kept the BigGreen under wraps for most of the game, holdingquarterbacks Kevin Peck and Matt Brzica to fourcompletions for 25 yards. Sophomore cornerbackRobert Santos caught as many passes, two, as anyHarvard receiver. Linebacker Joe Gordian's 14tackles did nothing to harm his All-Americanhopes. But what Teevens called Harvard's "live bythe sword, die by the sword" philosophy ofconstant pressure has its drawbacks...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Gridders Can't Turn Back Page | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

Passing: H--Lazarre-White 7-18-0-82;D--Peck 2-6-1-17, Brzica...

Author: By M.d. Stankiewicz, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Inoffensive Offense | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

...Wildcats were able to lunge just enough atthe end of the game to put one past Reilly. With4:53 remaining, Wildcat Smitty Peck touched arebounded shot and watched it trickle past anadvancing Reilly...

Author: By Tom Kane, | Title: M. Booters Knock off Wildcats At Ohiri | 9/28/1990 | See Source »

...Dumas's great-great-grandfather. The object is mystique. Princess Grace of Monaco christened the "Kelly handbag," a boxy Hermes classic she often carried. Wearing an Hermes scarf, Queen Elizabeth adorns a postage stamp. Lauren Bacall still slips into an Hermes shop to pick up leatherbound datebooks, and Gregory Peck to be fitted for handmade shoes. But if the rich and racy have always known about Hermes, it is only recently that a New Jersey stockbroker or a Dallas debutante has been able to buy a piece of the dream in her own hometown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As Luxe As It Gets | 8/6/1990 | See Source »

...Foundation, paid to have her thoughts chiseled on benches and, in four languages (not always perfectly translated), on the marble plaques with which the pavilion floor is newly paved. Electronics mavens set them moving across giant LED screens on the walls. Not since Cecil B. DeMille caused lightning to peck the Ten Commandments onto Charlton Heston's tablets had American culture spent so much on lettering. All this to tell the world it should not overeat. Tipicamente americano, one might think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: A Sampler of Witless Truisms | 7/30/1990 | See Source »

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