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...contrast to two weeks ago, the Crimson hopes to have a quicker draw. Harvard's senior corps knows from now on that any weekend could be its last one. Senior defenseman Don Sweeney, still bothered by an ankle injury sustained in the home game with Vermont, leads a veteran group that is used to playoff pressure...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Icemen, RPI Meet in ECAC Quarters | 3/4/1988 | See Source »

...Golden Knights are often a step slow and a penny short. A quicker Cornell squad is likely to outrun the not-ready-for-prime-time Knights...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ECAC Tournament Opens Tomorrow | 3/3/1988 | See Source »

...next year. Paul Erdman's The Panic of '89 was on the best-seller lists, sounding financial doom in the midst of a powerful bull market. That was, in fact, in the winter of '87, nine months before reality iced Wall Street. Erdman does not have to worry; quicker than a program trade, here he is, hedging his investments with a sixth novel. The Palace offers no scenario for economic disaster. Quite the contrary. The book is a racy tale of how one clever and gutsy (though not especially honest) fellow can rise from being a Philadelphia coin dealer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bookends: Feb. 29, 1988 | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...Tigers, who played without leading-scorerMessuri--whose temper tantrum lead to a 10 minutemisconduct--for the last four and a half minutesof the game, just didn't have the horses to matchup with the quicker Crimson. That mismatch showedas the game progressed...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Icemen Better Tigers, 3-2 | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

...well aware that his manic comedic talents are nothing short of inspired. In front of an audience the quiet, mild-mannered Williams of private life becomes transfigured into a comic dervish, wildly improvising on audience suggestions in a combination of ultra-free association and vocal impersonation that works quicker than the eye can catch...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: Go Back to Bed | 1/20/1988 | See Source »

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