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Though Huskie forward Gerry Cowie managed to bat home the winning score at 7:29 of the third, Northeastern had at least a dozen more point-blank opportunities in the final frame to turn the game into a rout...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: B.U. Cops Beanpot, 4-3; Icemen Lose | 2/13/1979 | See Source »

...According to U.S. officials who have drafted an agenda, the first major subject was to be a general review of global issues. The talk is virtually certain to focus on China's obsession: Soviet activity around the world. Other likely topics include such crisis situations as Viet Nam's rout of the Chinese-supported regime in Cambodia, the Shah's departure from Iran, tensions in southern Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Teng's Great Leap Outward | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

...brainwashing of the Ramblin' Clams of Wentworth College; the pulsating 75-49 ravaging of the Fighting Tapeworms from Bunker Hill Community College; and the hoopsters' 95-63 rout of the 'pill Poppers' from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy. Through a pre-arranged balanced scoring attack, each of the Classics' 15 players scored 6.2 points against the Poppers...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg, | Title: Harvard's Vagabond Cagers | 1/22/1979 | See Source »

...scoring nucleus of the Harvard women's basketball team took an unrequested vacation Saturday, but the less-heralded hoopsters pounced on their chance to shine, leading the 4-4 Crimson to a 66-32 rout of Manhattanville...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Hoopsters Down Manhattanville, 66-32 | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

...Democratic voters. Nor did the Administration's moneymen fully appreciate the vicious circle in which inflation weakens the dollar and a drop in the dollar spurs more inflation. Treasury Under Secretary Anthony Solomon, with Blumenthal's support, argued against doing anything to prop the dollar until its rout had degenerated into a panic-by which time the greenback had sunk 18% against the German mark and 26% against both the yen and Swiss franc. Reports TIME Washington Economic Correspondent George Taber. "The U.S. this year paid a heavy price to learn something about world money markets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: 1979 Outlook: Recession | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

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