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Bucknell (6-5) enters the playoffs seeded fifth in the Easterns. Last year the Bison took second in the Eastern tourney. "We hope to do the same, but it's going to be tougher this year," said Coach Marla Cautilli...

Author: By Chris Thorne, | Title: Aquawomen Host Eastern Tourney | 4/29/1988 | See Source »

...gotten tougher for all the Ivy teams to attract the players they used to attract before. While Harvard and Cornell may be more successful because of other intangible factors, one problem affects every school: the question of financial...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Ivy League Hockey: A Long and Winding Road | 4/28/1988 | See Source »

...long as college hockey remains the "regional-national" sport that it has become, Ivy League hockey--although hindered by problems such as competition from other schools, the question of financial aid and tougher academic standards--can enter its second century with a philosophy that blends academic success with success...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Ivy League Hockey: A Long and Winding Road | 4/28/1988 | See Source »

...other candidates have learned this lesson well. George Bush unequivocally rules out a tax increase, saying that he will cure our budgetary ills with spending cuts. Mike Dukakis plans to raise revenue with a tax amnesty program and tougher enforcement. Pat Robertson has even suggested holding a "jubilee" every fifty years when all debts would be forgiven...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: A Taxing Reality | 4/27/1988 | See Source »

Republicans realize the issue can undercut their general advantage of seeming tougher on national security matters. With that in mind, Bush journeyed to Manhattan, trying his darndest to sound still tougher on drugs. He called for the death penalty for "drug kingpins," saying, "These people are dealing in death, and that's what they should get." Bush likes to say he has been on the front lines of the drug war. Indeed, he was head of the South Florida Task Force and National Narcotics Border Interdiction System, both designed to promote cooperation among law-enforcement agencies in stanching the inflow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Riding The Drug Issue | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

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