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...sparked the Crimson (5-1) to a 4-1 record at the tourney, with its only loss coming at the hands of third-ranked Florida Saturday. In a tri-meet yesterday, the Crimson easily handled Florida St. (98-42), Southern Illinois (97-42) and Maryland...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Harvard Goes South: Aquawomen Shine | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

After opening its season with a solid 20-13 win over Boston University in a tri-meet last Tuesday, the Crimson is looking forward to the rest of the season with an optimistic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestling | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

...certain ways. There's a bizarre prejudice that exists in the New York publishing establishment that any work outside the tri-state area is being done by trained chimpanzees, that geography screens out sensibility. There's an idea that all Los Angeles writing is about the movie industry, that it's vulgar, shallow and banal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KATE BRAVERMAN: From The Tropic of L.A.: Novelist and poet | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

...earn $60 million in your first four weeks, and everybody has an explanation for your success. As the surprise movie hit of the fall season, Tri-Star's baby-love comedy Look Who's Talking has inspired plenty of retrospective wisdom. It came out at the right time of year, when its only competition was heavy dramas. It hits yuppie moviegoers where they live: in the narrow margin between careers and parenthood. It carries echoes of When Harry Met Sally in the loving friendship of a thirtysomething mom (Kirstie Alley) and the cabdriver (John Travolta) who moonlights as baby-sitter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Whole Town's Talking | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

...Fellow Tri-Captain Nick Branca says that "you can always count on the right side of the pool to work hard" because of Griffin. "He seems like he can never really go slow. We obviously miss him on Sundays, [when Griffin is unable to play for religious reasons]," Branca adds...

Author: By Kevin Toh, | Title: 'That Adventuresome Spirit' | 11/3/1989 | See Source »

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