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...ranked South Carolina and with the Crimson losing, 4-0, he sparked what those on the scene described as one of the greatest tennis matches they had ever witnessed. Harvard's first-singles player staved off two match points in the third set against the Gamecocks' 10th-ranked Stefane Simian, eventually capturing the match, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 7-6 (7-4), to keep the Crimson alive...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Serve and Volley | 5/23/1990 | See Source »

...spokesperson, was invited and in attendance. Plimpton came forward midway through the ceremonies to offer a few words of congratulations to the fictitious monkey and his real-life benefactors of PBH, Plimpton in a charateristically low-key presentation, commented on thesimilarity of his first name to that of thefictional simian, but did not read from hisfavorite Curious George book, as had beenadvertised. He did, however, briefly paraphrasepart of one book...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: Curious George Feted on 50th Birthday | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

...monkey disease, now known as Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), turned out to be "the very best animal model system to study AIDS," Hunt says...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Monkeying Around At The New England Primate Center | 10/14/1987 | See Source »

Associate Professor of Microbiology Ronald C. DesRosiers, who directs the center's AIDS research project, says several primate centers are now trying to find other viruses in wild monkeys that are genetically similar to AIDS. Certain strains of the human and simian viruses, he said, share as much as three-quarters of the same genetic material...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Monkeying Around At The New England Primate Center | 10/14/1987 | See Source »

Apparently the anthropology chairman was planning to sell the drugs and had set up a corporation named Simian Expansions to launder the money. Buettner-Janusch pleaded not guilty in the trial which followed, a large part of his defense resting on character witnesses who testified to his brilliance and untarnished reputation. During the trial his lawyer, Jules Ritholtz, hypothesized that Jolly himself could have planted the samples of LSD and Quaaludes...

Author: By Allison L. Jernow, | Title: Drugs And Chocolate | 4/23/1987 | See Source »

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