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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Over at Bright Arena, the Harvard men's hockey team--which lost to Michigan St. in the NCAA final last year, 5-3--would like to return to the national championship in 1987. But this year, the icemen would prefer to bring the NCAA championship trophy home with them...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Future Major H's Hit the Yard | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

There are also those students who prefer the party scene commonly found at large state universities with thriving fraternity and sorority systems. These students readily complain about the infrequency and dullness of parties on campus. Still, others enjoy the laid-back atmosphere and do-it-yourself social life Harvard has to offer...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: Harvard Life and how to live it | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

...most students prefer the low-pressure atmosphere Harvard has to offer. A typical Saturday night might be spent with a group of one's most intimate friends...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: Harvard Life and how to live it | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

Philosophically wary of Big Government, the President would prefer to see private business and local government lead the way, or at least foot the bill. As they labor to come up with a program to fulfill the goals Reagan announced last month, White House aides realize that in the era of Gramm-Rudman they must fight drugs on the cheap. One top Administration official privately tempered the President's high-flown rhetoric with bottom-line bureaucratese. Said he: "You've got a zero-sum game as far as budgeting goes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Crusade | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

Aware of the problem, the Soweto council has set up an office in Johannesburg, where township residents can supposedly pay the money without intimidation. But even those who would prefer to do this have heard rumors that such offices are full of spies for the comrades back home, and so in many cases they do nothing. For others, the issue is not just the rent but the sense of being forced to pay tribute to support the apartheid system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa Barricades in a Black Township | 9/8/1986 | See Source »

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