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...Gore tug-of-war was in full swing. Before it was over, Adams, Lowell, Leverett and Winthrop all wanted a piece of Gore, and they were ready to fight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Harvard That Never Was | 10/26/1973 | See Source »

...Senator Sam Ervin's Watergate committee has already agreed to request use immunity for ten witnesses, but the Dean situation is without any real precedent. No White House official has ever been asked to testify against other White House officials. Equally without precedent is the three-way tug-of-war between the prosecutors, the congressional investigators and the witness himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: The Immunity Game | 6/11/1973 | See Source »

...Cambridge School Committee Tuesday night concluded a three-year tug-of-war for new high school facilities by approving a $23.4 million construction package that will give Cambridge two completely new high schools. The two present high schools, Rindge Tech and Cambridge High and Latin, will both be razed in favor of the new buildings...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Fights Over High Schools | 4/21/1973 | See Source »

...something of an anti-climax from these great Achaean contests. The Crimson also took on The Advocate and The Lampoon, but in the less taxing sport of tug-of-war, which was, inexplicably, as popular at Harvard then as Frisbie throwing is today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Budding Journalists Become Athletes As Well | 1/24/1973 | See Source »

Brad, who says he's "leaning towards President Nixon," kicked off the big weekend by sponsoring a Tug-of-War between the class of '74 and the class of '75 on Thursday night...

Author: By Bvevanw. Thomas, | Title: On the Bench | 10/14/1972 | See Source »

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