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Despite the Crown Point, Ind. native's historic outing, the Harvard coaching staff saw a few things that could be improved. Several times Yohe was tackled for a sack on plays in which it looked like he could have thrown the ball away in time. Once, Yohe was sacked back at his own 2-yd. line, forcing Harvard to punt from its own endzone...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Second Win Blew Gridders' Way | 9/29/1987 | See Source »

...They told us not to worry about where the ball ends up," said Peter Allen (seven tackles, one sack), who started again in place of injured Captain Kevin Dulsky. "We were just supposed to stick to our responsibilities no matter what...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: Snap Goes the Wishbone | 9/29/1987 | See Source »

Harvard held O'Leary to just 20 yards rushing, and nailed him several times behind the line of scrimmage. Linebackers Richard Mau (16 tackles, one sack) and Kris Thabit (12 tackles) were largely responsible for the gridders' turnaround from a 10-point first-quarter deficit to a seven point lead at the intermission...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: Snap Goes the Wishbone | 9/29/1987 | See Source »

...Anglo American Corp., the nation's largest mining company, then proceeded to fire some 38,000 strikers, bringing the total of dismissed employees to 45,000. The firm also pledged to sack an additional 16,000 this week if they did not return to work. Meanwhile, a black coal miner who had refused to go on strike was found stabbed and burned to death. The next day security police shot and killed two strikers in a clash near Johannesburg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa Digging Out to Avoid a Cave-in | 9/7/1987 | See Source »

...sort of sappy, happy dream that belongs in a feverish place like Miami: you are tooling along I-95 when an armored truck whizzes by. The back door swings open. Out falls a sack. Along comes another truck. Whack, it hits the sack. A blizzard of money explodes into the air. Cars screech to a halt, and people leap out, running every which way after the money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Highways: Dash for Cash On I-95 | 8/3/1987 | See Source »

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