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Plagued by a shortage of faculty and what some students complain is a lack of direction, Harvard has fallen behind other universities in Latin American Studies. But with increasing student interest and 20 years of rapid growth in the field, some hope that the College will be able to shore up a traditionally weak area...
...lost." The Pentagon has not produced a "battle damage assessment" disclosing just what targets have been hit by the shells. Lehman insists that American forces track the trajectory of shells and missiles striking the Marines' encampment and other targets in the Beirut area, both visually and by a shore-based electronic apparatus, and that the ships fire only at the sources of those projectiles. But Lehman concedes he "cannot guarantee" that no civilians have been killed...
Despite the heavy casualties inflicted on them in Lebanon and their increasingly exposed position, quite a few of the Marines are less than enthusiastic about sea duty. Says Lance Corporal Tom Auld of Pittsburgh: "I'd rather stay on shore here than spend a long time steaming around in circles." An understandable qualm perhaps, but it would be difficult to imagine more confining quarters than the bunkers into which the Marines were driven while trying to keep the peace in Lebanon...
...last game of the season, Boyer led Harvard to a decisive 75-12 victory over Long Shore Community College...
With Boyer's sharpshooting from the outside, Harvard trounced Long Shore in the consolation game of a weekend tournament...