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It was perhaps most frustrating for Loeb, Penn's unimposing No. 2 man. After easily winning a 6-3 first set from Harvard's Ken Lindner, Loeb dropped the second by the same score. By then, it was apparent that a Lindner victory would give the Crimson the fifth point...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Tennis Team Humiliates Pennsylvania, 8-1, Masterson, Lindner Win in Classic Matches | 5/1/1972 | See Source »

The turnover in bath attendants is fairly high, and within about a week the old man who had first greeted me was replaced by a younger one, equally friendly, a black from the Caribbean with almost no English. Whenever I came in he look my ticket with a big smile...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Poolcrawl | 4/24/1972 | See Source »

The longer-range consequences are equally serious. Demonstrating Soviet concern, Izvestia warned last week that rejection of the treaties would lead "to a slippery and disastrous road." Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev, who has staked his prestige on detente in Europe, might have to yield ground to Moscow's hardliners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EAST-WEST: The Sudden Danger to Detente in Europe | 3/20/1972 | See Source »

West Chester State College, second ranked nationally, ran away with the meet amassing 400 points, doubling second place Clairmont College. Other top finishers, who led the field of 29 schools, were Princeton, Slippery Rock State, Springfield College and Radcliffe which got 106 points.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Swimmers Finish Sixth in Eastern Meet | 3/13/1972 | See Source »

And if it hadn't been for the slippery hands of Penn's Mike Brumbach and five turnovers by the Quakers. Penn might have walked over Harvard.

Author: By Evan W. Thomas, (SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON) | Title: Gridders Edge Penn on Dropped Pass | 11/1/1971 | See Source »

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