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...first time in many years, varsity athletics set the campus on fire. In the past four years, several men's and women's teams snagged championships, converting hundreds of undergraduates known for the relative lack of enthusiasm into wildly cheering fans. Many seniors cite athletic events as their most vivid Harvard memories--including the victory over Yale in the hundredth edition of The Game to snag a part of the Ivy Title, and the heartbreaking loss to the Penn football team on a last second field goal...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Days of upheaval | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

Yesterday on the indoor courts, Loud and Beckman both lost in singles but came back to snag the number one doubles victory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Netmen Topple Tigers, 5-4 | 5/9/1984 | See Source »

That'll all change, however, when the highly touted Minutemen ride into town Although much of their season has been wiped out by snow, the Minutemen did snag a mighty big 10-9 victory over UNH, the area's third-ranked team...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: An Ol' Debt | 4/14/1984 | See Source »

...batwomen, who have won their last two games in a row and now sport a 4-2 record used two RBIs each from second baseman Nancy Andrea and designated hitter Lisa Rowning to snag the win at Smith...

Author: By Kevin Carter, | Title: Batwomen Beat Smith Under Blue Skies; Victory Gives Crimson Two-Game Streak | 4/13/1984 | See Source »

...death in 1719. Rendered in an unobtrusive translation by Barbara Bray, The King's Way recounts in an elegant pastiche of 17th century prose the inelegant scramble among the monarch's many mistresses for sovereignty in the bedchamber. How did Mme. de Mainte non ultimately snag the Sun King? The motto she adopted tells it all: "I shine only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Five Auspicious, Artful and Amusing Debuts | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

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