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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After jumping to leads of 1-0 and 2-1, the Harvard volleyballers played sloppily in the fourth game and allowed N.U. to tie the match at two apiece with a devastating 15-1 triumph...

Author: By Panos P. Constantanides, | Title: Spikers Shine, Defeat Huskies In Tight Match | 4/7/1979 | See Source »

...though after a single, sacrifice, walk, error, and wild pitch the Tigers would finally secure an 8-7 triumph for themselves, they would not do it alone...

Author: By Bill Scheft, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Tigers Upset Batsmen in Extra Innings | 4/7/1979 | See Source »

...race or his nation. He sets out to achieve his identity in the most widely accepted tradition of Western literature: the journey. From the Odyssey to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, amidst the background of superhuman danger, virtue came in the struggle of the hero and his triumph over evil forces...

Author: By Selwyn R. Cudjoe, | Title: Afro-American Literature | 4/4/1979 | See Source »

...gesture was eloquent. Emerging from the doorway of Air Force One on the floodlit tarmac at Andrews Air Force Base last week, an exhausted Jimmy Carter greeted several thousand welcomers by flinging open his arms. It was a movement that oddly combined a sense of triumph with just a hint of martyrdom. Said Carter: "I believe that God has answered our prayers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peace: Risks and Rewards | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

...fact that peace has its hazards ?and that it will cost U.S. taxpayers a large amount of money (see box)?should not dim the luster of Carter's diplomatic triumph. Reaction to it has nearly been unanimously positive. "A minor miracle," exclaimed Jim Wright, Democratic majority leader in the House of Representatives. Said New Hampshire Democratic Chief Romeo Dorval: "Now the President can tackle bread-and-butter issues with more confidence. People will look to him with more respect because of what he's accomplished. It was quite a gamble, but worth it." The Republicans made little effort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peace: Risks and Rewards | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

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