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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decision not to shave put the host team at an immediate disadvan- tage, but may have been wise in the longrun--the meet concluded a nineday span in whichHarvard had races on seven of those days. TheCrimson showed signs of fatigue from the constantcompetition, and any attempt to gear up for ashaved meet would have been inconsequential...
...first glance it might seem that there is something incongruous in the pairing of a seemingly dispassionate discipline with one of the arts. The mathematicians who span both activities explain the connections paradoxically. Music has the rigidity of a math problem in many ways, and math requires bursts of inspiration similar to creative composition, they...
...Crimson has won 22 Ivy championships, the most in the Ivies since the championships began in 1956. Only once has Harvard failed to win or tie for the Ivy title over a span of three consecutive seasons...
...Salvation Army," bellows Maxwell, as he signs checks for needy causes. But Jay's real challenge is simply to keep the emperor's attention. After the first few letters, Maxwell's mind ticks elsewhere. He can drill to the core of any issue, but his attention span is that of a gnat...
...dress rehearsal for Election Night at one of the television networks? No, the program, which originated from the auditorium of the Time & Life Building in New York City, was broadcast live over the C-SPAN network last Thursday evening. Though the show was genuine, the election was not: the ballots were cast by more than 3 million students and their parents around the country and abroad in the largest voter-education project ever, sponsored principally by TIME...