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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Saturday, Harvard (the ECAC's number-one seed) and RPI (which held the number-eight spot) proved parity is not a delicacy reserved for the NFL. How close can two teams get withoutswallowing up each other's oxygen supply...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Icemen Stop RPI in ECAC Quarters, 6-4 | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

Even faced with this dilemma, this tendency towards soapbox sermonizing, Kalb's tendency is not to press harder, or put a candidate on the spot. This is largely due to the way he views his role as interviewer. The K-School professor is perhaps one of the last journalists to follow the example of Edward R. Murrow himself, emphasizing straightforward questioning while avoiding less friendly, if sometimes more effective, tactics...

Author: By Eli G. Attie, | Title: Presenting Candidates to the People | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

Watson was seeded second in the finals of the backstroke, but moved out after 50 yards and withheld a strong bid by Walt Sopp of Penn State to grab the top spot with a time of 51.42 seconds...

Author: By Joseph Kaufman, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Princeton Rolls to 70 Point Lead in Men's Eastern Swimming Meet | 3/5/1988 | See Source »

...Andover native quoted Republican presidential candidate Pat Robertson's campaign slogan, "God is my running mate," and inquired, "Why would God take the number two spot on the ticket...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Leno Receives Lampy Prize | 3/3/1988 | See Source »

...1960s. The dowager has been turned into a cheap mummy, yet the disposition of Times Tower remains an architectural cause celebre. Johnson and Burgee once proposed that the building be stripped down to its steel skeleton, gaily painted and lighted -- a wry Piranesian folly absolutely perfect for the spot. What seems more likely, alas, is that the building will be demolished and replaced by a conventionally highfalutin plaza, monumental and mute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Renewal, But a Loss Of Funk | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

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