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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Seawolf's high-tensile steel hull will withstand pressures of 100,000 lbs. per sq. in., permitting the sub to dive to depths between layers of water at different temperatures where it can hide from enemy sonar. When it comes time to surface, not even the polar ice cap will be able to keep the Seawolf down. The low, streamlined sail -- conning tower to landlubbers -- will be hardened to absorb the shock of breaking through the ice. Retractable bow planes will permit the Seawolf to navigate under the Arctic, the huge (5.4 million sq. mi.) new battleground of underwater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Murky Waters for the Supersub | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

...each senior adviser makes is to divide the smokers from the non-smokers, says Robin M. Worth '81, the south Yard senior advisor who coordinated the rooming effort this past summer. The advisors then separate the messy from the meticulous, and the socialites from the studious. From within these sub-groups, each advisor tries to create rooming units that are diverse and yet share some common bonds, Worth says...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Suites For Strangers | 12/17/1987 | See Source »

...really good restaurant even if you don't have much money very often, learning how people are supposed to disagree. It's true what people say about learning as much outside the classroom as inside. And everyone, even those who come primarily to study in Science Center sub-basements, look at Harvard as a machine for laying on polish...

Author: By Michael D. Nolan, | Title: Ah, Diversity | 12/16/1987 | See Source »

...Coach Pete Roby's offensive committee has averaged more than 78 points per game so far this year, despite a sub-par shooting percentage. Once the Crimson's key scorers--notably Tri-Captain Mike Gielen, forward Neil Phillips, and Evers--get hot, those point totals may soar...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Looking For Company | 12/9/1987 | See Source »

Parity is the rule in the Major Leagues now. Teams are good for a year, and then mediocre. Three of the four division winners in 1986 had sub-.500 records in '87. In the last 10 years, 10 different teams have won the World Series...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Winter Trade Winds | 12/8/1987 | See Source »

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