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...chance muted by sophomore goalie Jordan Dupuis, Harvard senior T.J. Carella took action. He struck what might have been intended to be a cross, but what ended up as a shot--and indeed a goal-at an unexpectant Central Connecticut goaltender, who backpedaled and tumbled to the ground in vain, as dejected, he started at the soccer ball lying in the back...
This is no time to be silent or to whine in private and in vain. While administrators randomize the houses and ignore student input in the selection of deans, we cannot sit idle and let the Undergraduate Council remain impotent. We must not only elect leaders who care about students' rights; we must also demand those rights ourselves by keeping in touch with our representatives, by observing or participating at least a few meetings per year, by remaining informed about campus issues and by pressuring the administration directly through letters and phone calls...
...people "plus or minus 10,000" had been killed in the fighting. Three times that number had been maimed or injured, he said, and 60% of the dead were civilians. These figures mean about 30% of Chechnya's 1 million people have been killed or wounded in Yeltsin's vain attempt to impose his will on the tiny republic...
...World's Day of Atonement on Oct. 16, the anniversary of the Million Man March (which incidentally wound up $66,000 in the hole, according to the Nation of Islam's calculations). One can only hope most people will ignore both events, but that hope is probably in vain. African Americans are so starved for inspiring leadership that many confuse Farrakhan with a hero. If he ever gets his hands on really big bucks, his throng will swell even more...
...game job of trying to fill dead air time during the first hour or two, but it became clear that his support systems were inadequate. He was reduced to reading wire copy handed to him by staff members, making idle chitchat about Boeing 747 seat configurations and looking in vain for help from NBC aviation specialist Robert Hager, who was in Atlanta with little...