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Heavy rains and wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour hit Harvard yesterday as storms swept across the Eastern Seaboard, causing minor damage to one University building and inconveniencing people all over campus...

Author: By Adam D. Taxin, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Storm Sweeps Across Campus | 12/12/1992 | See Source »

...since King Henry VIII broke with the papacy 458 years ago has the normally decorous Church of England known such passion as it did last week, when it swept away by a margin of two votes the rule that only men may serve as Anglican priests. Despite pleas for prayer and calm, the controversy will echo throughout the Anglican Communion, and reverberate through all of Christianity, for years to come. On one side are those who believe that the mission of Christ's church is damaged when half its members are denied the chance to use their God-given gifts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Second Reformation | 11/23/1992 | See Source »

...Huskies also swept the boards much better than they had in the first half, grabbing eight offensive rebounds in the second 20 minutes compared to three in the first...

Author: By John C. Ausiello, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: M. Cagers Survive 2nd Half Collapse | 11/17/1992 | See Source »

...Crimson crew prepares for the season, its chances of going All The Way are better than any year since their storied 1989 national championship season. No one's betting on the lads from Cambridge quite yet--but that's no reason to keep the local boosters from getting swept up in the speculation...

Author: By G. BART Kasowski, | Title: Life Imitates Bart | 11/13/1992 | See Source »

...this time. Roiter swept Steiber 6-0, 6-4, playing "probably some of the best tennis she'd played all season," according to Graham...

Author: By Patty W. Seo, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: No Fairy Tales for Netwomen | 11/10/1992 | See Source »

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