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...Joseph Hazelwood, captain of the tanker that ran aground in Prince William Sound in 1989, causing the nation's worst oil spill. The court found that the state used tainted evidence against Hazelwood, but acknowledged that its decision was likely to be "a bitter pill for many Alaskans to swallow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fall of The Mighty | 7/20/1992 | See Source »

...undergraduates, willing to swallow the changes in coffee shop flavor, still cling to the cafe cult...

Author: By Michelle K. Hoffman, | Title: Coffee-Colored Twilight | 6/2/1992 | See Source »

...moment. If he can sneak the first assumption past the grader, then the rest is clear sailing. If he fails, he still gets a fair amount of credit for his irrelevant but factfilled discussion of scientific progress in the 18th century. And it is amazing what some graders will swallow in the name of intellectual freedom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Beating the System: Painless Success | 5/11/1992 | See Source »

...definitely good to end the season on a high note, but I really feel sorry for the seniors," junior outfielder Mike Hill said. "They really wanted to win the league and go on to bigger and better things in collegiate baseball. It's still tough to swallow...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Batsmen End Season With Uplifting Victory | 5/8/1992 | See Source »

...routine that Mr. Lodge himself followed as a professor of English at the University of Birmingham in England. Paradise News changes its focus from the academic motif, although not entirely, and the result is a pleasing, light work that will satisfy both Lodge fans expecting Morris Zapp and Phillip Swallow and readers not familiar with his career...

Author: By Daniel N. Halpern, | Title: Cultures Clash, Creating A Humorous Paradise: | 4/23/1992 | See Source »

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