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Beck and Cooper gained 13 of the 17 team points for the Crimson. Beck slaughtered the 134-pound B.U. wrestler in a 23-8 technical foul...

Author: By Sandra Block, | Title: Grapplers Split to Open 1988-89 Season | 11/23/1988 | See Source »

Fred Jenkins wrestled at 190 pounds, up from his usual 177-pound slot and cradled his man for a first period...

Author: By Sandra Block, | Title: Grapplers Split to Open 1988-89 Season | 11/23/1988 | See Source »

Defensive Line: The Quakers defense has allowed its Ivy League opponents an average of just 12 points a game. The defensive line is anchored by 6-ft., 245 pound Dan Bauer, who leads the club with seven sacks. The other fellows up front are Kyle Stephenson and Eric Poderys...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Scouting Report | 11/12/1988 | See Source »

...them. It's goodbye to the pound, the ounce, the gill (4 fl. oz.) and the rod (a quarter of a chain). But the furlong will stay because it occurs only in sports, as will the troy ounce (31 g, vs. 28 g for the standard ounce) because gold-bullion operations couldn't survive without it. As for the pint, the measure of morning milk and evening ale for millions, London hopes the Community will agree that it just wouldn't be cricket to abolish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Pounds, Chains And Furlongs | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...hills rise in Starr County, west of McAllen, Texas. The moon darts in and out of clouds driven by a strong wind as Border Patrol officers Leo Laurel and Juan Trevino sit in the blacked-out cab of their Chevrolet Suburban. "They choose their sheriffs and deputies by the pound around here," jokes Trevino when asked why the police do not make more drug busts in one of the most important marijuana and cocaine importation routes in the country. "If an officer doesn't grab his man in the first couple of steps, he is away free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Journey Along the U.S.-Mexico Border | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

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