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September 23: The high-flying Lehigh Engineers march into New Haven thinking about a rout, but the wishbone stops them. Yale wins...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Carm, Darin, Defense and the 'Bone | 11/14/1989 | See Source »

...13th lived up to its frightful reputation. After drifting lower at a sleepy pace for most of the day, the Dow Jones industrial average abruptly lurched into a hair- raising sky dive in the final hour of trading. By the time the 4 p.m. closing bell halted the rout, the index had dropped a nightmarish 190.58 points, or nearly 7%, to close...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boom, Ka-boom! | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

...Particularly gnawing was the memory that 1987's Black Monday was preceded by a Friday plunge of 108.35 points. Last week's drop-off rekindled fears that an era of heedless borrowing by corporations and the Federal Government might finally be coming to grief. At the very least, the rout reminded investors that the stock market is a volatile place where fortunes can vanish at the touch of a computer key. After one frantic hour of selling conducted to a large extent by program trades, nearly $200 billion of stock values were wiped out last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boom, Ka-boom! | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

...Friday, the Dow Jones average suffered its second-biggest point drop ever, falling 190 points and raising fears of a repeat of October 19, 1987, when a Friday decline turned into a Monday rout that knocked a record 508 points off the average...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Feared Market Crash Turns Into Big Rally | 10/17/1989 | See Source »

...first set, the Crimson blasted out to a 12-4 lead and never looked back. Aided by three huge kills by Co-Captain Manda Schossberger, Harvard cruised to a 15-7 first-set rout...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: W. Spikers Falter in Five Sets | 9/27/1989 | See Source »

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