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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Less flashy, but just as important, was the way Harvard cleared the boards against a team that had a front line measuring 6-ft, 11-ins., 6 ft. 8 ins., and 6-ft. 5-ins. Captain Bob Allen, the squad's only senior, tied forward Tom Mannix with six rebounds, and Allen also hit five for five from the floor...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Crimson Drops Cards | 12/1/1979 | See Source »

...problem that double practice sessions will not solve is a debilitating lack of height; only Holpuch stands above the six foot mark. Unless Kleinfelder can encourage immediate growth among the troops, the Crimson will have trouble getting second and third shots for the rest of the season...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Women Cagers Fall Again | 12/1/1979 | See Source »

Last year the Chinese government instituted nationwide standardized tests for all prospective college students for the first time since the Cultural Revolution in 1966. On July 20 nearly six million students took the test to compete for only 300,000 places in Chinese colleges and universities. The test covered eight subjects--politics, history, geography, physics, mathematics, chemistry, Chinese language and a foreign language. All students were required to take the tests in politics, Chinese and math, and they had to choose two or three of the remaining subjects...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Peking's Biggest Test | 11/30/1979 | See Source »

...parents fled China in 1949 because her grandfather was a high official in the Kuomintang. "He taught six years at Hartford and then changed his mind and decided Communism was good," she says, "sort of a Confucian thing, like the mandate of Heaven changed. So he returned to China to work for the foreign ministry on U.S.-China and China Taiwan relations...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Peking's Biggest Test | 11/30/1979 | See Source »

Embarassed by Ready in the first half, Crimson center Elaine Holpuch settled down in the second period and hit for 18 points. Holpuch, 6'1", needed help against Ready and UMass forward Ginger Legare, both six footers, but her diminutive Crimson teammates offered little assistance...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Women Cagers Drop Debut; UMass Fast Breaks to Win | 11/29/1979 | See Source »

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