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Sponsored by the Waltham-based Action For Soviet Jewry, the six women journeyed to Moscow for two days, Riga for two and one-half days, and Leningrad for four days...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: Six Students Spend Break With Soviets | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

...Tutrone and Jim Porter are the keys. Trouble last year, improved this year. LINEBACKERS: The defense's strong point. Captain Brent Wilkinson leads this group, with returnees Scott Collins and Larry Bean providing strong support. LINEBACKERS: A solid group, but nowehere near Harvard's linebackers. Rick cavalli and Chris Riga provide experienced size. Better against the pass than the run. SECONDARY: Starters Cecil Cox and Ken Tarczy return from last year's squad, but this year might spend more time defensing the run than the pass. SECONDARY: Only safety Joe Policastro returns from last year's porous group. The other...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: The Scouting Report | 9/21/1985 | See Source »

...Born in Riga, Latvia, in 1928. Shklar received her A.B. and M.A. degrees from McGill University in Montreal. She also holds a Ph D. from Radcliffe and has been lecturing at Harvard since...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: A Glance at the Four Winners | 2/15/1984 | See Source »

...most striking political aspect of the Pope's choices is that five of them live under Marxist regimes. Bishop Julijans Vaivods, 87, who has been acting head of the Archdiocese of Riga, is the first Latvian and the first resident of the Soviet Union ever to be made a Cardinal. Józef Glemp, 54, who succeeded Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski as Poland's Primate, was also elevated, a move that could strengthen his hand in delicate dealings with the Communist regime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Red Hats for Six Continents | 1/17/1983 | See Source »

...three hutlike wooden crates on Le Havre's Quai de Moselle last week looked unremarkable. But when they were finally winched aboard the French freighter Borodine for a five-day trip to the Soviet port of Riga, they caused an immediate intensification of the long-running dispute between the U.S. and its Western European allies over Washington's sanctions against the Soviet natural gas pipeline. The shipment amounted to an open French challenge of the U.S. embargo: each of the crates contained a French-made and U.S.-designed compressor that will help propel Siberian gas through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Principles vs. Pride | 9/6/1982 | See Source »

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