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...Captain Doug Derraugh (25-32--57), a feisty 5-ft. 10-in., 180-lb. wing, and Ryan Hughes (18-29--47), a swift 6-ft. 1 in., 186-lb. sophomore center, lead the attack. Kent Manderville (14-13--27)--a Calgary Flames second-round pick in 1989--and Trent Andison (19-23--42) will keep LaPerriere and Co.'s hands full...

Author: By Daniel L. Jacobowitz, | Title: A Real Nail-Biter | 3/11/1991 | See Source »

...swift Clarkson offense, led by right wing Scott Thomas and center Dave Trombley, is a more likely explanation of the Golden Knights success and Harvard's demise. The two wheeled into the Harvard zone and launched shot after shot at Harvard netminder Chuckie Hughes, who saved 28 on the night...

Author: By Daniel L. Jacobowitz, | Title: Golden Knights End an Era of Harvard Hockey | 3/11/1991 | See Source »

...task of negotiating an official end to the battle was only beginning. Iraq designated a representative to meet with Schwarzkopf's officers and work out terms of a permanent cease-fire, but that was no simple task. The allies were pressing for a swift exchange of prisoners, but did that include the Kuwaiti civilians -- as many as 40,000 -- believed to have been carried into Iraq by Saddam's retreating forces? And what would the coalition do with the many Iraqi prisoners who feared, with reason, that they might be shot if they went home? Should Saddam's forces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battleground | 3/11/1991 | See Source »

...When it comes down to murdering, it's really sick. And to think that we did it again in such a swift, surgical way," Quinlan muses...

Author: By June Shih, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Homeless Vietnam Vets Support Gulf Troops | 3/6/1991 | See Source »

...will mean mounting casualties, which might diminish his political base. The military men insist that at such a point casualties must be ignored. Bush is fundamentally a political animal, and he knows that in the long run he must have the nation behind him. Timing has become almost everything. Swift, decisive action is imperative. Not since World War II has the world waited and watched for such a grimly glorious bugle call...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Waiting for the Bugle Call | 2/25/1991 | See Source »

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