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...Harvard men's and women's squash teams started their seasons with predictably smashing results at Brown on Friday. The women's team beat the Bears, 7-2, while the men's team rode roughshod over its Bear counterparts...
...dropped. (They were down to 1,506 last year, from 1,825 in 1993.) Williams' boosters say the L.A.P.D. is more sensitive because of him, but no one credibly argues that the core problem has been solved. L.A.'s cop culture still has room for arrogant "cowboys" who ride roughshod over the civil rights of others while scoffing at cops who try to defuse street confrontation. "There's still an element that's being tolerated, if not promoted and allowed to thrive," says Greenebaum...
...years, extremists have tried to silence and ride roughshod over conservatives who disagreed with them in even the slightest manner. Many self-respecting Republicans, having had enough of the dishonesty and unfairness that permeated Harvard Republican Club (HRC) dealings, decided that enough was enough, and they formed the Harvard-Radcliffe Republican Alliance (HRRA...
...Ancient Eight has received dividends for its decision. Last year the league ran roughshod over its nonconference opponents, finishing with a 19-3-1 record outside the Ivies...
...roughshod courtship of his wife and in his rise to power in the Senate, the essential Gramm is on display. He is driven, instinctive and fanatically goal-oriented; he is often insensitive to appearances and unwilling to listen to his peers, teeming with self-confidence and uncannily able to get what he wants. He has been underestimated at every step of his career. Even as he sits on a political war chest larger than that of any of his opponents, leads the field in endorsements from congressional colleagues, and has won six consecutive Republican Party straw polls--in Arkansas, Louisiana...