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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Should Harvard win tonight, the Squad's next stop would be St. Louis, where the booters will face second-seeded Missouri-St. Louis. The winner of that contest heads to Orlando. Fla., for the semi-finals and championships around. Other first round matchupsure: Boston college at Cortland St., George Mason at Princeton and Rochester at UMass...

Author: By Becky Hartman, | Title: Booters Open NCAA Tourney | 11/5/1982 | See Source »

...crucial game for B. C.'s bowl invitation chances more important it's a chance for a team riding high on its spirit and hard work to show what it can do against one of the perennial national powers that treat college football like a semi-pro sport...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: Flying High | 10/29/1982 | See Source »

...guard, Duffy took over "Q" after five riot-filled years. He abolished airless, dungeon-like cells and physical punishments, fired guards for cruelty, and introduced such unheard-of civilities as a night school, a cafeteria and an inmate-staffed newspaper. The author of three semi-autobiographical books and the inspiration for a movie (Duffy of San Quentin), he campaigned ceaselessly against capital punishment, after presiding over 90 executions. "The death penalty," he insisted, "never deterred murder before and never will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Oct. 25, 1982 | 10/25/1982 | See Source »

...Montagne, a semi-retired hood known as "Le Flambeur" (the gambler), is a peculiar blend of American and French character. He speeds around the narrow streets of Montmartre in that most American symbol, the Cadillac convertible, and his outfit suggests the classic American gangster get-up: rumpled raincoat, dark suit, and perpetually tilted hat. And there is that peculiarly American sense of optimism and near-innocence that he earnestly exudes as he flips the ever-present coin in his pocket and wryly comments." I feel my luck coming back...

Author: By Jean-christobe Castelli, | Title: A Safe Bet | 10/4/1982 | See Source »

Your proctor has already organized a field trip to Steve's Ice Cream in Somerville (191 elm St.). Go sign up; it's worth the walk forthis super-rich, semi-soft delicacy. Emack and Bolio's, relocated on MAss. Ave., prepares an equally competent dish but doesn't mix in the Heath Bars. Cahaly's (47 Mt. Auburn St.) sports a newly enlarged ice-cream disco bar. Baskin and Robbins (541 Mass. Ave.) never adjusted to the new generation competition of homemade ice cream flavors, though the famous 31 still beat the hell out of Brigham's (1420 Mass...

Author: By Paul M. Barre, | Title: Off-Campus Fun | 8/13/1982 | See Source »

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