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Although Harvard was able to penetrate BC's middle, Tiernan frustrated Harvard's offense for almost the entire game, diving on loose pucks with reckless abandon, flashing her quick pads, and making shoestring catches.

Author: By Joanne Nelson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Icewomen Down Eagles in 'Pot, 5-1 | 2/5/1992 | See Source »

In Panama, the promised elections have still not been held, and when they are, the aristocrats led by Endara are sure to win. Noriega's political machine still exists, under new management, and with the same constituency, a constituency that doesn't want its leaders, but is nationalist enough to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Symbolic Pump-Priming | 1/17/1992 | See Source »

Brown says Big Money has hopelessly corrupted the political system, which no longer seems to solve problems but only to maintain the power of officeholders. As he sees it, politicians, aided and abetted by party structures, special-interest contributors and the "co-conspiratorial" media, are stuck in a vicious circle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democrats Strong Message, Wrong Messenger | 1/13/1992 | See Source »

Variety Is the Spicy Corkscrew Fries of Life: I would gladly sacrifice my first-born child for Director of Harvard Dining Services Michael Berry, but is he responsible for the wacky proliferation of fried potatoes in the dining hall? I mean, you've got six kinds of fries--waffle, steak...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Lame, Lame, Lame | 10/18/1991 | See Source »

The cleanest candidate with a chance of winning the election, though a slight one, is Ronald Carey, president of a United Parcel Service local in Queens, N.Y. Carey is widely regarded as a reformer running with a small power base and a shoestring campaign chest of $300,000. "The others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Labor Revving Up For a Cleanup? | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

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