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...NOTEBOOK:Boston University's Miriam Knijn set two meet records, jumping 6-ft., 1-in. in the high jump and running the 200-meter dash in 24.38...This month, the Crimson will face even tougher competition than they did this weekend with meets against Dartmouth, Brown, Yale and Princeton...

Author: By Angela M. Payne, | Title: Harriers Take Greater Boston | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher immediately threw her support behind the proposals. If the mess is not tackled voluntarily, she said, the government will seek tougher laws...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: City of Filth | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

...only on the occasion of her marriage or death. Barbara Bush adapted well: she did good works quietly and kept out of the public eye. Marilyn Quayle is already hard at work following in Mrs. Bush's footsteps. But the outspoken and confident lawyer turned housewife may have a tougher time keeping a low profile. Marilyn Tucker Quayle is anything but self-effacing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marilyn Quayle: A New Second Lady | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

Life in the other Washington has been getting tougher. Last summer Barry had to resolve a city ambulance crisis after several people died because poorly trained drivers got lost on the way to rescues. With a record 372 homicides last year, Washington has the nation's third highest murder rate. More than half the killings were related to the large quantities of drugs sold in some 200 street markets around town. Before declining slightly in 1987, the city's infant-mortality rate reached a Third World level of 21 deaths per 1,000 live births, more than twice the national...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mayor Barry: A Capital Offense | 1/16/1989 | See Source »

Last night, the Crimson faced a tougher battle from the defending Ivy champion Big Red (3-8, 0-2). Cornell had a 69-68 lead with two minutes remaining in the game, but Gielen nailed a three-pointer to put Harvard...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Men Cagers Sweep Past Columbia, Cornell | 1/15/1989 | See Source »

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