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Harvard (10-16-1 overall, 9-10-1 ECAC) suffered two heart-breaking one-goal losses to two of the league's premier teams, Clarkson and St. Lawrence. These defeats were made even harder to bear in that they came over the last home stand of the season...

Author: By Andersen Fisher, | Title: M. Hockey Slipping in ECAC | 2/28/1996 | See Source »

...Feel like I should do a little Shakespeare," Pat says with a laugh, before telling his rapt audience just how he has come to be standing on this stage as the premier challenger to Bob Dole for the Republican presidential nomination. He recounts his achievements in Alaska, Louisiana and Iowa, ticking them off like battles from the Civil War. He pays tribute to "the rebels" of Lexington and Concord, "brave men who died for the idea of freedom." Buchanan, who loves costumes, is the only candidate who would not look strange in either Lincoln's stovepipe or Washington's tricorne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '96: THE MAKING OF BUCHANAN | 2/26/1996 | See Source »

This switch, more than any other action by Harvard's administration in its 350 year history, threatens the University's status as our nation's premier institution of higher education...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Coke Is It | 2/15/1996 | See Source »

...Harvard has certainly come a long way from the day when Du Bois (the first black student to earn a Harvard Ph.D.) was forced to live off campus. Today, black academics not only study at Harvard--they also hold tenure. Harvard's Du Bois Institute is the nation's premier institution for research in Afro-American studies...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Afro-Am Ascends With Wilson Addition | 2/13/1996 | See Source »

MORE RELIABLY THAN ANY MARKET ANALYST, EVERY STEP and misstep in the undiplomatic dance between Taiwan and Beijing can foretell major moves in the Taipei stock exchange. Last week, when the Hong Kong press reported that Chinese Premier Li Peng would announce a timetable for reunification in a key speech, share prices tumbled 3.5%, and the Taiwan dollar took a beating. The next day, when Li made no mention of this schedule, prices rebounded on a wave of buying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DESPITE ALL THE SNIPING, IT'S STILL BUSINESS AS USUAL | 2/12/1996 | See Source »

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