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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reinforces her worst attributes. Maggie's admiration of Ira, as well as her fear of his disapproval, also transforms Ira. By characterizing him as the strong one, Maggie not only makes herself weak but also insures that he will cultivate the infallibility she ascribes to him. After a quarter-century of marriage these two people become trapped in the selves they have generated for the other. And these representations, however appealing they may once have been, become inflexible, claustrophobic...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: Deep Breathing | 10/1/1988 | See Source »

With 4:25 left to play in the third quarter and Harvard down, 24-14, Harvard quarterback Tom Yohe was looking for Gajewski in the end zone. UMass linebacker Drew Comeau had different ideas...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: The Football Notebook | 9/28/1988 | See Source »

Lehigh, which scored in every quarter, took a 24-0 lead at the half...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Weekend Proves Nightmarish for Ivy League Squads | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

...team ran great. The first meet is really tough physically and mentally and we tried to take the first mile-and-a-quarter out really hard," Toner said. "The team is fairly young and inexperienced, but that doesn't matter because they are performing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women Harries Win; Men Finish Second | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

...been put on alert as Gilbert headed toward landfall. From Brownsville to Biloxi, Miss., people sought shelter from the storm, in many places clogging highways and emptying supermarket shelves. Houston, 50 miles inland, shuddered at the prospect of its glimmering skyscrapers swaying in the gale-force winds. About a quarter of the 60,000 residents of Galveston Island headed for higher ground, leaving boarded-up windows and fortified houses. In Brownsville, a dirt-poor border town of 110,000, those who could afford to fled inland. But since half the residents are below the poverty line, many had no place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It Was No Breeze | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

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