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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Northeastern University has probably had the wildest ride of all. Back in October, it played like it had been picked--sixth in Hockey East--as Vermont shut out the Huskies...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: NCAA Examines Interference Rule | 12/10/1987 | See Source »

...Development Network (ODN), an international charitable organization founded by a Harvard student and based in Cambridge that frequently coordinates such activities. Bike Aid, another ODN program, will match the amount the fast raises dollar for dollar. Members of Bike Aid, including several Harvard students, participate in a summer-long ride across the country each year, and last year raised over $200,000, an official at ODN said yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students To Skip Dinner | 12/8/1987 | See Source »

Cronin, who enjoys reporting on life-styles, is a firm believer in experiencing the style of those lives. For a 1983 look at the youthful counterculture tribes of Britain, she pub-crawled along the King's Road with punks and piggybacked a 110-m.p.h. ride near Westminster Bridge on a biker's Harley. In the course of examining the controversial practice of alternative medicine in Britain, Cronin endured a session of vigorous foot massage by a reflexologist, who pronounced her in excellent health. Recalls Cronin: "I awoke the next day with a vastly swollen cheek, which was diagnosed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From the Publisher: Dec. 7, 1987 | 12/7/1987 | See Source »

...morning. While Jiajia sits on her bed, says Xu, "her mother combs her hair, her grandmother feeds her breakfast, her grandfather is under the table putting her shoes on, and her father is getting her satchel ready." Single children are well aware of their special status. Said one: "I ride on Daddy's shoulders and ask my parents to make a circle with their arms. Then I say, 'You are the sky, and I am the little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Bringing Up Baby, One by One | 12/7/1987 | See Source »

...four-wheel-steer autos are capable of both countersteering and same-side steering. In sharp, slow-speed turns, countersteering can shave a full yard off a standard sedan's turning radius. At high speeds, however, countersteering can make a car dangerously unstable, while same-side steering actually improves the ride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: How To Turn on a Dime | 12/7/1987 | See Source »

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