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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson does upset the Scarlet and Cream, they will play the winner of the Air Force-Pepperdine nightcap. Harvard never has played the Falcons, but Nebraska and Pepperdine have swept the Crimson in three previous engagements...

Author: By Andy Fine, | Title: Cagers Looking For Respect In Nebraska Tourney Opener | 12/1/1989 | See Source »

Despite being upset in a close 57-56 meet at Columbia over the weekend, the Crimson (2-1) rebounded and dominated every stroke this time around. The lopsided victory was more of a competition between Harvard swimmers than a meet against the Bruins...

Author: By Gary R. Shenk, | Title: Aquamen Destroy Brown in Home Opener | 11/29/1989 | See Source »

...understandable that some students have been frightened or upset by COCA's recent tactics. But their fear and anger should not be ultimately directed at COCA. Rather, we should be broad-sighted enough to realize that the real terror resides not in COCA's actions but in the right-wing atrocities our government, for all intents and purposes, is financing in El Salvador. And to acknowledge that COCA is turning such abstract "right-wing atrocities" into something tangible to Harvard students...

Author: By Daniel B. Baer, | Title: A Defense of COCA's "Shock Activism" | 11/28/1989 | See Source »

...swiftly set out to find the leaker. Although the company denied it, sources at GM said the giant automaker has offered a $30,000 bounty for information that could lead to the disloyal worker. GM clearly felt betrayed by the release of the confidential photographs. "People are very upset," said corporate spokesman Dee Allen. "It's no different from being on the Detroit Pistons and giving away the playbook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Case of The Purloined Pix | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

Holtz had even less reason to fear S.M.U., whom his team eventually trounced 59-6, than he did Pitt. But like most coaches he dreads games against "cupcake" opponents because of the danger that his own heavily favored players might lose concentration and intensity, and hence lose in an upset. Before the Pitt game, he assured reporters that Pitt was only slightly less dangerous than Rommel's Panzers. Yet at practice he was telling his players that Pitt was more like the army of Grenada and that he expected the Irish to beat the bejabbers out of them. When this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fella Expects To Win: Notre Dame coach LOU HOLTZ | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

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