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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Crimson continued to press, but although the players created good scoring opportunities, they lacked the finishing touch. More often that not, a player would do too much with the ball instead of passing or shooting, the end result being that Harvard would lose the scoring chance...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: W. Soccer Shuts Out Maine, 2-0 | 9/18/1995 | See Source »

...Lady Pat Nixon appeared in a nightgown and was carried back to her bed by a kgb agent. How Brezhnev collapsed with seizures just before and after his 1975 summit in Vladivostok with Gerald Ford-and, while summiting with Jimmy Carter in Vienna in 1980, was so out of touch that his interpreters ad-libbed his drooling replies. How Ronald Reagan, when told Dobrynin was returning to Moscow in 1986 to become a Communist Party executive, asked in amazement, "Is he a communist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: COLD WAR CONFIDENTIAL | 9/18/1995 | See Source »

There is, however, no need to see me personally if you want to propose an idea for a story or would like to share a news tip. There are, in fact, many ways to get in touch with someone at The Crimson. Here are a few ways to get in touch with us to suggest ideas for stories or to offer comments on our coverage...

Author: By Andrew L. Wright, | Title: Get to Know Us! | 9/15/1995 | See Source »

...Give me your phone number anyway." I searched around for a piece of paper, but all I had in my pocket was a blank check. I turned it over and wrote my phone number on the back. "I've got to go now--but I'll be in touch," she rasped, leaving the brown-stone. In an effort to gain a favor for my consultant friends, I had just given a cloak-and-dagger stranger a blank check...

Author: By Patrick S. Chung, | Title: PARTY EXTRAORDINAIRE | 9/15/1995 | See Source »

When phone-hungry students called HSTO, many were greeted with long periods on hold, some of which ended in sudden and inexplicable disconnections. Only refusing to answer the touch-tone menu guaranteed a conversation with a live assistant. To HSTO's credit, however, those students who managed to reach assistants received prompt activations of lines and services. But because of the log-jam of complaints, many students are still waiting for lines...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: TELEPHONE BLUES | 9/15/1995 | See Source »

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