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More than anything, the Princeton contest will test whether Harvard's second-place standing in the Ivy League is a testament to the spirit and savvy of its young team or a mere fluke.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stickwomen Take on Princeton; Crimson Needs Crucial Victory | 10/26/1985 | See Source »

THIS BIOGRAPHY WOULD have been a much better book if the author gave some interesting accounts of Capa's misadventures and his enterprising photojournalistic savvy.

Author: By Ji H. Min, | Title: Shooting for the Moon | 10/21/1985 | See Source »

Obviously, although Harvard is under pressure to comply with the law, it does not have to be Draconian in enforcing it. Naturally, no savvy administrator would publicly announce a policy of leniency, and no student body would call for its announcement. Nevertheless, in paying lip service to the law, Harvard...

Author: By Victoria G.T. Bassetti, | Title: Flaunting the Law, Creatively | 10/5/1985 | See Source »

But Spielberg has surprised us before: as an auteur prodigy, as the thrillmaster of Duel and Jaws, as the savvy director who could reinvent the movies' innocence. The man is only 37 now, and his toughest audience is himself. You needn't be a child to believe that this movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: I Dream for a Living | 7/15/1985 | See Source »

Kampelman, a politically savvy Democrat, endured his negotiator-turned- lobbyis t status without complaint. He shuttled between 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and Capitol Hill, met privately with House Speaker Tip O'Neill of Massachusetts, an MX opponent, and coordinated strategy with Minority Leader Robert Michel of Illinois over a tuna-fish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Star Turn for the Gipper | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

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