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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After two unsuccesful runs and a pass, the Quadlings punted away. Winthrop quarterback Neil Brady--operating in a two-minute offense--marched his team down the field without a huddle. With approximately one minute remaining, Brady completed a TD pass to tight end Scott Griswold, providing Winthrop the four-point margin of victory...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: House Football Wrap | 10/31/1986 | See Source »

Reagan, meanwhile, headed west through Colorado and Nevada as part of his week-long drive to boost Republicans in tight Senate races...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reagan, O'Neill Hit the Campaign Trail | 10/31/1986 | See Source »

Submitted for your approval...Eleven American Literary Tricks and Treats, sure to see you safely through from midnight to dawn. So throw open the curtains to the pitching wind, shut the door tight to any curious visitor, and tuck that cover up firmly about your neck. And no caffeine allowed, in this Halloween challenge. It'll only make your hands shake and tremble all the more...and in the end such stimulants simply won't be needed...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: Halloween Syllabus | 10/30/1986 | See Source »

...Tight end Jim Morris suffered a separated shoulder in the second half after making a personal record tying three catches (for 57 yards) against the Tigers His status for the Brown contest is unknown...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: A Potential Quarterback Controversy Grows in Cambridge | 10/28/1986 | See Source »

Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Perle, the hardest-lining of all Pentagon hawks, still insists "there's the possibility of a compromise" on SDI. Presumably it would involve something between Gorbachev's demand for tight restrictions on testing and development and Reagan's insistence that the program not be "killed." That might involve finding some definition of "research" that allows testing of Star Wars components outside the lab yet does not constitute the development of an actual SDI system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forward Spin | 10/27/1986 | See Source »

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