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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There are no Michael Jordans out there," captain Barry Pierce said after the Ohio State game, a biting loss that saw Penn squander a 12-point halftime lead. "We feel confident that we can compete with any team in the country. There are no moral victories this year...

Author: By Peter K. Han, | Title: It's Cardiac Time: Close Shaves for M. Cagers | 12/10/1993 | See Source »

...successful, he cannot afford to squander more political capital than he has already wasted...

Author: By Jordan Schreiber, | Title: Shaping 'New Democratic' Illusions | 4/28/1993 | See Source »

Harvard could not get anything going when it found itself with its first power play one minute into the contest, but the Crimson had gone through too many man-up drills this week to squander its second...

Author: By Y. TAREK Farouki, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Icemen Open Season in Style, Thrash Union | 11/14/1992 | See Source »

Fortunately so, for I would have hated to squander the delights of Medea. Really brave of these Harvard thespians to tell a story about infanticide and make it into bravura cabaret. Rhythmic dancing heralded the beginning, sturdy men waddled onto stage with oh-so-low booming voices, and the dancers and performers artfully tripped over most of the set. Of course, there were the contemporary references of great import. You know the sort--men are shits, women are great, long live the individual. And then in the orgiastic confusion of the ending, Medea ascended in a spaceship, following a compelling...

Author: By Tony Gubba, | Title: For the Moment | 11/5/1992 | See Source »

...polls can be trusted (and even if they cannot, the rising worries of Bill Clinton and George Bush speak volumes), Perot has the potential to disrupt next week's election. Many Americans, it seems, are ready to squander their franchise -- which, of course, is not exactly the way Perot sees it: "You are throwing your vote away unless you vote your conscience." While indisputably attractive, these underdog's words fail on close inspection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest: Don't Waste Your Vote | 11/2/1992 | See Source »

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