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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This century saw ivory become a raw material for industry. In the 1920s thousands of elephants were butchered to meet U.S. demands for 60,000 ivory billiard balls a year and for hundreds of thousands of piano keys. In the 1970s ivory was a hedge against inflation, stockpiled and traded like bullion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elephants: Trail of Shame | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

Cornebacks Paul Tully and All-Ivy Evan Parke, and safeties Mike Brown and Eugene Dallas form the most experienced defensive backfield in the Ivies. Both Tully and Parke started last year, while Brown and Dallas saw extensive playing time as well. The quartet could provide headaches for Harvard quarterback Tim Perry, who is ranked 20th in I-AA in total offense (215.3 yards per game...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Gridders to Invade Ithaca | 10/14/1989 | See Source »

...dedicated fans who attended the game rose in unison and cheered. It was at this moment that I glanced down toward the sideline and saw something, well, something out of the ordinary, I guess you could say--something even more unusual than a 14-0 lead over Holy Cross--something I never thought I'd see at Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Harvard Art of `Rah, rah, rah' | 10/14/1989 | See Source »

...very serious now, and it's getting more serious all the time," Stone says. "Two years ago, it was very different. People saw it as a time to goof off on the field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Harvard Art of `Rah, rah, rah' | 10/14/1989 | See Source »

...This is something I never really saw myself doing," Cardillo says. "My roommates teased me a little at first, but it turned out to be a good time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Harvard Art of `Rah, rah, rah' | 10/14/1989 | See Source »

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