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...Tiger's good opportunities were limited to one wide-angled shot in the first half that clanked off the cross-bar and one shot from point-blank range that Tiger Emily Senecal drilled to the right of an open net with six minutes left...

Author: By David S. Griffel, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: W. Soccer Escapes Princeton With Win | 10/24/1994 | See Source »

...with explosives and charging inside. One Israeli soldier died in the fire fight and 12 were injured. Three kidnappers were killed and another was captured, along with an alleged accessory. According to Israeli officials, Waxman was found inside the house, bound in chains and shot by his captors at point-blank range in the neck and chest. Army sources believe Waxman was executed during the siege or just before, perhaps after the gunmen saw the special forces approach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Murderers of Peace | 10/24/1994 | See Source »

...mixup on a back-header attempt from Sheriff to freshman keeper Ben Weeden led to Yale's only goal, but Sheriff atoned for his mistake within a minute. He sprung freshman Ricky Le past the Bulldog offside trap for a point-blank finish and his second goal of the year...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: Men Booters Demolish Yale, 4-1 | 10/17/1994 | See Source »

...referee put the ball at essentially point-blank range from Milhollin, and gave a chosen Bulldog one shot to tie the game...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Shumway Leads Field Hockey | 10/17/1994 | See Source »

...appear as mass suicide. In a fire-damaged farmhouse in Cheiry, a village north of Geneva, police discovered 23 dead men and women wearing ceremonial vestments. Fifty miles away, in Granges-sur-Salvan, investigators found 25 additional bodies in three burned-out chalets. Many had bullet wounds indicative of point-blank execution. Almost simultaneously, Canadian authorities reported the death of five more suspected cult members near Montreal. Police are searching for the cult's two leaders, Luc Jouret, a Belgian homeopath who emigrated to Switzerland via Canada, and Joseph di Mambro, a French Canadian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week October 2-8 | 10/17/1994 | See Source »

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