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Harvard blew a chance to send its fans home happy in the bottom of the seventh. With two outs and men on first and second, Jakimczyk lined a single to left. But junior rightfielder Ted Decareau rounded third base too far, and was caught in a rundown that killed the rally and sent the game into extra innings...

Author: By Peter I. Rosenthal, | Title: Batsmen Swept in Doubleheader | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

There is interest, and people do want to see our situation resolved, the crisis resolved. And that is a great encouragement and in the meeting of the Board of Overseers, I was given an opportunity, as I said, of giving a rundown ten minutes or so, which is quite considerable given the...time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Press Conference Excerpts | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

...four-hour flight from Washington to Wyoming, Shevardnadze gave Baker a detailed rundown on Moscow's problems with its economy and restive nationalities. The two men took off their jackets and leaned so close together that their faces were just inches apart. Shevardnadze's tone was urgent. "We need fresh ideas," he told reporters. "It is high time for us to move from mutual understanding to mutual action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fresh Air, Fresh Ideas | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

Accidents are frequent on the rundown Mexican railway, but this was by far the worst this decade. A rail spokesperson, like others consulted, said it was not the worst in Mexican railroad history, but could not list a more serious...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Toll Increases to 112 in Mexican Crash | 8/11/1989 | See Source »

...Murdoch revamp, stories are shorter, pictures more plentiful and the fluff content higher, with a proliferation of one-page features on such hot topics as "Geraldo's Compromising Tattoo." The magazine has added a horoscope page and a rundown of the week's soap-opera plots -- two low-rent staples of daily newspapers. Its late-breaking news pages, once a source of knowing industry tidbits, have become splashier and more trivial ("Rating the Oscar Parties: The Best and the Worst"). Cover stories, meanwhile, have kept both eyes on the newsstand: a January story about rock music on TV, for example...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: The Tarting Up of TV Guide | 5/29/1989 | See Source »

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