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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After a series of strong blocking by the Tigers and two kills by Harvard outside hitter Paul Guilianelli, the Crimson closed the gap to 9-8. The Tigers then charged ahead with a 6-1 run behind rocket-launched kills by Princeton's John Lerch and Roche and unforced errors by the Crimson to win the first game...

Author: By Maisa A. Badawy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: M. Volleyball Loses to Princeton, Rutgers at Home | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

Gordon's latest work--a fine, well-acted film, by the way--is based on the memoir Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam Jr., a former engineer at NASA who grew up in a small West Virginia coal town in the late '50s hoping to pursue a career in rocketry. This was against the wishes of his father, who in the movie says things like, "Quit wastin' time worryin' about Wernher von Braun," and "By golly, you'd find out [about life in the mines] soon enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Boys Do Cry | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...more, now the buzz is around one man only--The Rocket...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, | Title: Yanks Grab Headlines, Hurt Baseball with Clemens Trade | 2/24/1999 | See Source »

...more, now the buzz is around one man only--The Rocket...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The "V" Spot: Yanks Grab Headlines, Hurt Baseball With Clemens Trade | 2/24/1999 | See Source »

Wells has had his chance in the Yankee spotlight; it's now the Rocket's chance to shine...

Author: By Goin Bohlen, | Title: Good Move, Rocket Roger | 2/23/1999 | See Source »

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