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...games and then I just fell apart," Morrissey said. "I think it's because I'm reaching a new plateau and I don't think I can beat these people...

Author: By Rebecca D. Knowles, | Title: Racquetwomen Top Yale, Dartmouth and F&M | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

...journalist at heart; even as a novelist, I'm first of all a journalist. I think all novels should be journalism to start, and if you can ascend from that plateau to some marvelous altitude, terrific. I really don't think it's possible to understand the individual without understanding the society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview: Master Of His Universe: TOM WOLFE | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

...yards on the day...Princeton kicker Chris Lutz is still perfect on the season. Lutz is seven-for-seven on extra points and six-for-six on field goals. Princeton now has a streak of 17 consecutive field goals...Tiger Judd Garrett surpassed the 1000 career rushing plateau with his 121-yd. performance against Brown...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Equestrian Team Leaps to Fifth Place | 10/7/1988 | See Source »

...prospect of so many gymnasts performing at levels of difficulty never before witnessed in Olympic competition that promises to make the showdown in Seoul a hold-your-breath affair. With each Olympics, the sport ascends to a new plateau of audacity that would have been unthinkable four years earlier. And four years from now, even those moves may seem out of the dark ages. So too will the sweethearts of Seoul. When Olga Korbut tried to repeat her Munich triumphs in 1976, she was upstaged by Newcomer Nadia Comaneci. When Nadia tried to re-create her glory in 1980, audiences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Sprite Fight | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...floor of Widener, surrounding the domed center of the hallowed library, are the most expansive and elite studies, marked by letters A-Z rather than by the numbers of the more common studies. Only professors who have achieved the first plateau--those who have made it off The List--can earn a spot on the special waiting list. These faculty members have the first option on any study--the ultimate lettered ones or just more desirable normal ones--that is vacated...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: It's a Wonderful Life | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

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