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Harvard can not drop a half-dozen balls as it did last weekend if it hopes to sneak past the Huskies. Sure-handed tight end Kent Lucas was especially effective against the Lions, pulling in four Yohe aerials for 77 yards. Look for the multidimensional Crimson backfield to sprint into recieving position if NU shuts down the run early. A glaring weakness is the lack of a bona fide deep threat...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: The Scouting Report | 9/26/1987 | See Source »

...break away from my baffled friends, sprint madly up Mass. Ave. with a distracted look in my eyes, and disappear into the mist. It's not clear whether or not I graduate or whether I am disowned...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Graduation and Glass Flowers | 7/31/1987 | See Source »

Since the breakup, telephone users have enjoyed a cut in long-distance rates of about 20%, or $4 billion, thanks mainly to deep rate reductions by AT&T that tiny rivals like MCI and US Sprint find difficult to match. But rates for local service, which remains a monopoly business, have jumped nearly 35%, or $6 billion. Overall, a typical telephone bill has increased about 25%. The increases in local rates appear likely to slow down, but unfortunately so do the long-distance discounts. AT&T so dominates the market, with an 82% share, that its competitors may lack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rolling Back Regulation | 7/6/1987 | See Source »

Authorities have rounded up hundreds of phone hustlers around the country in recent months. In New York alone, last year 190 people were arrested for participating in the hot line scam. Three local telephone companies and 20 long-distance carriers, including AT&T, US Sprint and MCI, joined forces to form a group called the Communications Fraud Control Association, which now includes a number of other phone companies. The association's mission: to help crack down on the growing practice by urging tougher laws and stricter law enforcement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RIP-OFFS: Reach Out and Rob Someone | 5/25/1987 | See Source »

...Wisconsin victory was incredible," number-four sear Serena Eddy said. "When the cox called for us to move, our sprint was incredible. It was a years of bottled-up frustration. Every time we went into the locker room, we'd look at a picture of the Wisconsin crew team and try to figure out how to get back. It was sweet...

Author: By Lori J. Lakin, | Title: Heavies Have Double-Sided Easter | 4/20/1987 | See Source »

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