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Nagle, who had scored her first career goal earlier in the game, now tallied her second to propel the Crimson into overtime and, eventually...

Author: By Richard B. Tenorio, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Field Hockey Stuns No. 15 Eagles After Penalty Stroke Marathon | 10/23/1997 | See Source »

Gere gets most of his questions answered these days by his primary teacher, the Dalai Lama. The actor has probably done more than any other individual to propel the current wave of Buddhist interest, with its distinctly Tibetan flavor, and he may spend more time these days in Dharamsala, the Indian town where the Dalai Lama lives in exile, than on Hollywood sets. But his Buddhist fascination, like that of many his age, began during his college years with Zen, as idiosyncratically presented by Beat writers like Jack Kerouac, Gary Snyder and Allen Ginsberg. America had shown some interest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUDDHISM IN AMERICA | 10/13/1997 | See Source »

...admits that her call for "equal representation" will propel her stated legislative goals-which include the protection of transgendered students under Harvard's non-discrimination policy, as well as the defeat of motions both to make John Harvard the school's official mascot and to wish all students at Harvard a Merry Christmas. From her commentary, Rawlins' message seems clear: "If you're not a white man, The U.C. wants you (as long as you agree with everything that I say)!" --Alex Herzlinger...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rawlins' Vision Will Balkanize Harvard | 9/25/1997 | See Source »

...radar soundings to look for water beneath its crust. If the radar picks up the telltale echoes of liquid, another spacecraft would be sent to land on Europa. Once there it would release a small cylindrical probe with a heated tip that would melt through the ice layer and propel itself through the frigid ocean, looking for signs of life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNCOVERING THE SECRETS OF MARS | 7/14/1997 | See Source »

...remembered as a crucial game the Jazz let slip away. But in terms of basketball history, Wednesday?s NBA finals match is certain to go down as one of Michael Jordan's most courageous performances. Despite a bad case of the flu, Jordan put on a gritty performance to propel the Bulls to a 90 to 88 victory over the Utah Jazz in game 5 of the NBA finals Wednesday night. The victory puts Chicago ahead in the best of seven series, 3 games to 2, with game 6 Friday in Chicago. Jordan, who appeared gaunt and exhausted from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jordan Conquers | 6/12/1997 | See Source »

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