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Tomorrow, the stickwomen must travel to Norton to face perhaps their stiffest test to date. After calmly strangling B.U., Bates, Tufts and now Cornell in the familiar confines of Cambridge, the squad must go on the road and face currently undefeated Wheaton...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Stickwomen Demolish Cornell, Remain Undefeated | 10/12/1976 | See Source »

Carter's stiffest competition for delegates will come from a nominally uncommitted slate led by two highly popular politicians, Senator Harrison Williams and Jersey City Mayor Paul Jordan. Like most of their running mates, they are Humphrey fans. The former Vice President retains a large following in the state, particularly among blue-collar workers and blacks. The Williams-Jordan slate is getting strong organizational help from the party's state chairman, James Dugan, who is feuding with Governor Byrne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: On to the Super Bowl | 5/31/1976 | See Source »

...frosh first boats will face Princeton and MIT in the heavyweight race and UMass's heavyweights will compete against the Crimson lights this Saturday. Washburn said yesterday that the second and third boats will face their stiffest competition of the season this weekend against the Kent, Princeton and MIT heavies...

Author: By Candy Kaller, | Title: Crew Makes Waves in Dartmouth Win While Netmen Continue Victory Streak | 4/30/1976 | See Source »

Georgia put up the stiffest opposition to the varsity singles, whipping them 6-0. Rain pre-empted the Crimson retaliation in doubles. "We lost some good close matches under a lot of pressure," assistant coach Fish said yesterday...

Author: By Ann M. Koufman and Elizabeth S. Strong, S | Title: Racquetmen Ready After Southern Trip | 4/6/1976 | See Source »

...Fred erick Lugard, who was to become Nigeria's first Governor, traveled to an inner principality called Borgu and succeeded in getting two treaties signed in favor of the British Royal Niger Company. As he returned there was a brief skirmish. Lugard reported with the stiffest possible upper lip: "The only casualty in the fighting line was myself, an arrow having penetrated deep into my skull." When he got home, he sustained another grievous wound: the signatures on the treaties were fake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: African Genesis | 3/22/1976 | See Source »

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