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Anyone who says he knows what's going on this year doesn't know what he's talking about." So said Minnesota Republican Campaign Strategist Vin Weber last week. He was assessing his own state's topsy-turvy politics, but his comment could be applied equally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Revolt in the Midwest | 10/16/1978 | See Source »

Anyone concluding from that logic that the diamond market is a topsy-turvy affair best left to pros would be dead right. An uninitiated individual investor has to buy diamonds at retail, paying huge markups, but he can only sell his stones at wholesale levels. So the price has to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Feverish Sparkle | 4/10/1978 | See Source »

In other ECAC games, Clarkson handled St. Lawrence with a punishing 10-3 victory, while topsy-turvy Yale pulled off a major upset at home over third-ranked Boston College, 10-7. The Eagles had led in that contest, 7-6, before a four-goal Eli barrage put the game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B.U. Survives RPI Scare, 8-7; Yale Knocks Off Eagles, 10-7 | 1/25/1978 | See Source »

In a major upset of a topsy-turvy season Harvard defeated UMass (third-ranked in New England), 2-1, in double overtime.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Soccer Upsets Third-Rated UMass, 2-1 | 10/5/1977 | See Source »

You can pull out all the cliches--it's not how you get there that counts, just that you get there first--and send this topsy-turvy season off to a Hollywood scriptwriter, but it is great just to be able to say again that the lights won the sprints...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Harvard Smokes 'Em in the Sprints | 5/16/1977 | See Source »

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