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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cagers began the game with some of their strongest offensive play all season. After sinking their first seven shots, the hoopsters hit 48 percent from the floor in the first half but slipped to an embarrassing 19 percent in the second stanza...

Author: By Carla D. Williams, | Title: Harvard Hoopsters Nip Cornell, 51-50, Hang On After Early Lead Dwindles | 1/17/1983 | See Source »

...thus been a success and as such was a turning point in the civil rights drive: now it was no longer possible for men of conscience to remain uncommitted. In light of this interpretation, it is important to know that President John F Kennedy '40 sent to Congress the strongest civil rights bill in history in June of 1963. In August of that same year. King led the famous March on Washington that brought an estimated 250,000 people. Black and white to hear his "I have a dream" speech. "I have no fear about the outcome of our struggle...

Author: By Archie C. Epps iii, | Title: Martin Luther King And His Times | 1/17/1983 | See Source »

...Crimson used the same press to start their attack against Williams the next night, and took control of the game with its strongest offensive game all season. Williams played well, sometimes challenging Harvard, but the Purple Cows buckled easily under Crimson defensive pressure. Guards Hall, Horne and Anne Scannell frequently stole the ball, as Williams became more flustered...

Author: By Carla D. Williams, | Title: Cagers Just Break Even | 1/10/1983 | See Source »

Elvis Costello and the Attractions: Imperial Bedroom (Columbia). A funny valentine from a man who is still delighted to be one of rock's most idiosyncratic talents. Billy Joel: The Nylon Curtain (Columbia). Joel's longest reach and his strongest shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The BEST OF 1982: Music | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

...nation's nuclear triad. At the least, they argued, MX production should proceed as a bargaining chip in the START talks. But even Alabama Republican Jack Edwards, who directed pro-MX forces, conceded that the missile "is too expensive to use simply as a chip." The strongest argument for Reagan's position was offered by Michel, who sought to sow doubts about the ability of Congressmen to assess such technical matters. "In every age there are always well-meaning patriotic people who say we can defend freedom and peace just as well if we cut this or that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dense Pack Gets Blasted | 12/20/1982 | See Source »

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