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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...slowdown, wait-for-a-good-chance Harvard offense, which has keyed the Crimson's attack season, never got an opportunity to really go to work in the second half, with Adelphi winning almost all the face-offs in the second half and certainly all of them down the stretch...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Adelphi Dumps Laxmen, Ends Crimson Streak | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

...race for the Democratic nomination has been especially grueling, as we show in our Nation story. The sort of 18-hour day, for example, in which Candidate Gary Hart made nine stops in seven cities in four states has not been uncommon. For correspondents, the problems seem to stretch unendingly: the usually mediocre, sometimes terrible food; fitful and minimal sleep; the struggle for clean clothes (allnight laundromats are indispensable); and the tedium of long waits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Apr. 23, 1984 | 4/23/1984 | See Source »

...better time. They turned, displaying their perfect techniques with their arms up, down always creating more tension. The dance itself was mainly modern, but a lot of good Jazz technique was mixed in with head rolls and hip swings, adding an interesting aspect to the slow moving push-pull stretch experience of the entire piece...

Author: By Andreu Fastenberg, | Title: Sheer Energy | 4/17/1984 | See Source »

Stead confirmed that the MBTA is having trouble with the control system from Porter Square to Harvard Square, a stretch of the Red Line that serves as a turn-around for empty cars but is not yet open to riders...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Union Questions Train Safety; 'T' Denies Carmen's Charges | 4/14/1984 | See Source »

...include another air-sea exercise, involving some 30,000 American military personnel. The Pentagon last week confirmed plans for a massive training maneuver, known as "Ocean Venture '84," scheduled to take place between April 20 and May 6. Designed to test U.S. units in rapid deployment, Ocean Venture will stretch from the Caribbean to the Gulf of Mexico, the Straits of Florida and the U.S. Atlantic Coast. Units including the 82nd Airborne, the 26th Marine Amphibious Unit and some 250 Strategic Air Command and Tactical Air Command aircraft will take part in the operation. Among their activities will be amphibious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America: And Now, the Main Event | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

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