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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WORCESTER--You could see it in his face, how his boat was doing. He stood on the roof of the boathouse, pacing, grimacing and then, finally, when the race neared its end, grinning...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Crowds, Crew, Cookouts and Victory | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

Artful equivocations are even worse; lynx-eyed sly little rascals that we are, we see right through them. (Up to exam 40. Then our lynz eyes droop, and grading habits relax. Try to get on the bottom of the pile.) Again, it is not that A.E.'s are vicious or ludicrous as such; but in quantity they become sheer madness. Or induce it. "The 20th century has never recovered from the effects of Marx and Freud" (V.G.); "but whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is difficult to say." (A.E.) Now one such might be droll enough...

Author: By A Grader, | Title: A Grader's Reply | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

...truly monumental achievements of the Middle Ages have become too vast for us to cope with, or even understand; we are too small and too afraid." Let me offer this as an ideal opening sentence to any question even tangentially nudging on the Middle Ages. And now you see, having dazzled me, won me by your personal, involved, independently-minded assertion, your only job is to keep me awake. When I sleep I give...

Author: By A Grader, | Title: A Grader's Reply | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

...Traditionally, we see drinking in college as a rite of passage. It is condoned in a covert way," Valle says, adding that people who drink heavily in college should ask themselves, "`Is this something I'm going to grow up with...

Author: By Chip Cummins, | Title: Alcohol Use Now Leads to Problems Later | 5/12/1989 | See Source »

...official U.S. delegation reported to Bush that, in the words of its chairperson, "We didn't see any way that it could be a free and fair election...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bush Alleges Fraud in Panama Election | 5/10/1989 | See Source »

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