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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then they rewind it and play it back again. And again. Because if Weinstein had miraculously cleared the ball off the line, and the Crimson had held on for the final four minutes to tie the Bruins, Harvard (6-7-1 overall, 5-1 Ivy) would have won the Ivy League title. Instead, the Bruins (5-0-1 Ivy) nabbed their eighth straight crown...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: A Season of Hex, Sighs and Videotape | 11/1/1989 | See Source »

...Crimson still had six games left to play, including its final four Ivy matchups. It was time for Part Three, Harvard's resurrection...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: A Season of Hex, Sighs and Videotape | 11/1/1989 | See Source »

When I occasionally play Hank Williams, Jr. tunes in my room, my Harvard friends get a pretty good laugh. Hank sings about such ignorant, redneck things, you see. Things like the injustice of killers getting off free; the dignity of gainful labor; fear of violent crime; having respect for the flag. Really stupid stuff...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Liberals Need Hank Williams, Jr. | 11/1/1989 | See Source »

...single compact disc. Not even a C.D. player. All I own are L.P.'s that I play on my turntable...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: Longing For L.P.'s | 11/1/1989 | See Source »

...issue of Time magazine, and they handed out copies of "Up Where We Belong" at a screening of An Officer and A Gentleman. Of Course, these were all soft and fragile pieces of vinyl not meant to last a lifetime, maybe only worthy of one smudgy play, but they were still nice surprise samplers in odd corners of culture. The soul--or the lack thereof--of the compact disc is such a technological boy wonder that it will never be simplified into fun forms that you find near those ever-annoying subscription cards in magazine centerfolds...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: Longing For L.P.'s | 11/1/1989 | See Source »

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