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Harvard (4-5) had swept the first two sets, 15-8, 15-9, and seemed to be cruising to an easy straight-set win in the squad's last home game of the year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: W. Spikers Humble Lowell in Three Sets | 10/4/1989 | See Source »

Colgate played Central Connecticut, which up until that point in the tournament had not even won a set. If Colgate had swept Central Connecticut as expected, the Red Raiders would have advanced to the semifinals. Colgate did win the match, but not in straight sets. Since both Harvard and Colgate finished with a 2-1 tournament records, the last semifinal berth was determined according number of sets won and lost...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: W. Spikers Place Third In UConn Tournament | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

...beautiful day for a wedding -- crisp, clear and, for China in midsummer, relatively cool. The latest typhoon's high winds have swept away the air pollution, and under a brilliant blue sky the guests are chatting in the hollow of a terraced field beside a single spindly tree -- symbolic decoration in a country whose scant arable land continues to disappear. Arranged neatly alongside the makeshift altar, the gifts intended for the bride's parents include a new refrigerator, a 24-in. color television set and a jet black Yamaha motorcycle. The presents are ogled, but atop the TV a photograph...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Day in The Life . . . . . . Of China: Free to Fly Inside the Cage | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

...three Crimson players in the "B" draw, junior Jonathan Cardi and sophomores Derek Brown and Albert Chang, advanced to today's quarterfinals. The trio swept seven matches between them without dropping a single...

Author: By Mia Kang, | Title: Netwomen's Doubles Teams Advance | 9/30/1989 | See Source »

...Crimson swept the singles and doubles in both the "A" and "B" draws at the Harvard Invitational Tournament this weekend at Beren Tennis Center...

Author: By Mia Kang, | Title: Netmen Dominate at Harvard Invitational | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

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