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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...VIRGINIA Woolf once said, writers always leave the dinner out of dinner parties. Five of us went to Chinatown last week in search of both--both dinner and a party, that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Squid, Soup and Soy Sauce: A Chinatown Dinner Party | 10/13/1988 | See Source »

...said Kenya's Paul Ereng after his stunning upset victory in the 800-meter race. He had completed the two laps in 1:43.45, comfortably ahead of defending champion Joaquim Cruz of Brazil and the celebrated Said Aouita of Morocco. Ereng, 20, a sophomore at the University of Virginia, began competing in the 800 meters only this year and had not been expected to place in Seoul.Instead he led a return of Kenya to the head of the distance pack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kenyan Runners: Final Frames Of the Olympic Games | 10/10/1988 | See Source »

...other guy. " 'We' is the competition," notes a Chief of Staffer. No candy-shirted drunks around a barber pole at this convention. For the final rounds, the costuming is ingenious. Houston's Inns 'n Outts strut onstage painted up as the four gray visages of Mount Rushmore. A Virginia quartet appears as clowns. Florida's Sidekicks prance on as doctors and plumbers. But the twelve judges are looking for more than slapstick. "Too much theatrics detract from sound quality," sniffs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Texas: Going for the Bird | 10/10/1988 | See Source »

Harvard freshmen Mike Schyjan and Albert Chang defeated Columbia's Robert Chrisberg and Soichi Nakamura, 6-3, 6-0, and Dartmouth's Matt Semler and Jeff Hawkins, 6-2, 6-2, in the "A" doubles flight. But in the semifinals, they fell to West Virginia's Brad Kelly and Joe Foley, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, the tournament's top-seed...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Netmen Fare Well At ECAC Tourney | 10/4/1988 | See Source »

Berry opened the singles draw with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Temple's Chris Jaffert. The junior defeated Penn's Nikus Hecht, 6-4, 6-3, but dropped a tough three-setter to Lubos Kocek of West Virginia...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Netmen Fare Well At ECAC Tourney | 10/4/1988 | See Source »

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