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...Catamounts provide an added roadblock for the Crimson in their front line of Erin Perrin, Martin St. Louis and J.C. Ruid...

Author: By Jason E. Schmitt, | Title: M. Hockey Jockeys for Playoff Position | 2/28/1997 | See Source »

...patients in chronic pain, and that Clinton's embrace of slogans rather than solutions is worrisome. But if the federal government is to intervene, it should join Arizona and California in interpreting how the marijuana propositions should be enacted within the states--neither federalizing nor standing as a politicized roadblock to marijuana's medical...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Feds Deserve Support | 2/19/1997 | See Source »

...memories are not eroded by the years--they just burn brighter in the mind of Peter Cecil Jones, who saw Steve Biko led to his death. He remembers the summer night in August 1977 and the roadblock on the highway in the eastern Cape, 80 miles from Port Elizabeth. He hears his friend's calm reply to the police officer's question, "Who are you, big man?": "I am Steven Bantu Biko." He recalls the long, fearful hours in a holding cell, where he and Biko destroyed a secret document by eating it. He remembers the handcuffs and leg-irons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNMASKING A GUILTY PAST | 2/10/1997 | See Source »

...most teams, the most frustrating roadblock is that a majority of students have no idea how their sports are played or scored...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Offbeat Sports Attract Team Players but Not Fans | 1/8/1997 | See Source »

Just when things were looking good and Bright Hockey Center was starting to attract more fans, however, the team ran directly into its first roadblock--the Mariucci Tournament in Minnesota at the end of December. It was bad enough for Harvard to drop its first game to the nationally-ranked University of Minnesota (5-2), but Harvard hit a low when it was thrashed by the University of New Hampshire in the consolation match...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, | Title: Icemen Overcome Midseason Problems, Shine in Playoffs | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

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