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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...match in which there were heros and semi-heros, the hero of the first shift was Dave Evans, substituting for Morgan at nine, who had never played a varsity game in his life. Coach Jack Barnaby said. "He was like a kid on the football team who was called in for the first time at the Yale game. The pressure was terrific on the kid. But he didn't crack. He got tougher in the clutch against a guy who was just about even with...

Author: By Amy Sacks, | Title: Crimson Squash Squad Squeaks Past Penn; Flu-Infected Fisher Outfoxes Foe for Margin | 2/24/1975 | See Source »

...spiritual power (besides the schools, priests and nuns run many hospitals and social services) and it is the only force in the nation tied to a non-Zaïrean authority, the Papacy. Catholic independence clashes with Mobutu's effort to unify the nation by cultivating a semi-religious devotion to himself and his government. Some observers trace his fear of Catholic social influence to 1970, when the high-living Mobutu attended a Mass at which Joseph Cardinal Malula preached that Zaïre's ruling class was enriching itself and ignoring the people's misery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Mobutu as Messiah | 2/24/1975 | See Source »

...team's hopes, dampened by its 7-2 lose to the Tigers, were sparked last weekend when it advanced to the semi-finals of the National Men's Team Squash Championships in New York...

Author: By Kathleen T. Riley, | Title: Crimson Racquetmen to Battle Strong Quaker Squad at Penn | 2/22/1975 | See Source »

...National Men's Team Squash Championships held this weekend in New York, Jack Barnaby '32 coached his top five racquetmen into the semi-finals, where they were finally defeated by a tough team from Ontario...

Author: By Amy Sacks, | Title: Squash Squad Bid Squelched in Semi-Finals; Barnaby Disciples Dominate N.Y. Tournament | 2/18/1975 | See Source »

Barnaby explained Monday that getting to the four-team semi-finals in the tournament is "quite a distinction." Most of the competing teams represent cities and are composed of the top players from those cities...

Author: By Amy Sacks, | Title: Squash Squad Bid Squelched in Semi-Finals; Barnaby Disciples Dominate N.Y. Tournament | 2/18/1975 | See Source »

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