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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Schramm was in tenth place after five dives in that event, but his comeback bid in the 11-dive contest fell just short...

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: Greacen Qualifies for NCAA Diving | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

Princeton, the overall winner, finished with 79 bout victories, and Penn placed second with 77. Harvard collected but 48 bouts as all too often Crimson fencers who seemed on the verge of sealing a victory would fall on the short side of a 5-4 score...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Princeton Fencers Win ECACs | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...Soviets did not go beyond their warnings to China and lateral accusations against the U.S. In a televised speech, President Leonid Brezhnev repeated Soviet demands for the "immediate" recall of Chinese troops "to the last soldier," but stopped short of any direct threat of retaliation. The Soviets continued to badger Washington with charges of complicity, direct or indirect, in the Chinese invasion. Washington's "evenhanded" policy of castigating both the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia and the Chinese invasion of Viet Nam was scornfully dismissed as a tilt toward China. It was that insistent Soviet view which torpedoed a United...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTHEAST ASIA: Suck Them In and Outflank Them | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...South House Committee picked up its neighbor's lead, condemning the formation of political parties in the assembly, but stopping short of endorsing a boycott...

Author: By Alan Cooperman, | Title: Bucking the Assembly | 3/10/1979 | See Source »

...despite the positive publicity, it will take nothing short of a Herculean effort by McLaughlin to overcome a pitiful recruiting budget and an inadequate IAB-eyesore. According to well-informed sources, Harvard's total athletic recruiting budget is equal to one-third of the football recruiting budget of another Ivy League school...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: Frank Talk About Hoop | 3/10/1979 | See Source »

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