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Friday night, in one of the worst games of the season, entertainment-wise and skill-wise, the Crimson shot 37 percent from the field and 29 percent from the foul line in a 80-60 loss at the hands of Brown...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Two Disappointing Endings to Cagers' Disappointing Season | 3/6/1990 | See Source »

Piltch and Holleran agree that it might not have been a wise split- second decision, but they say the success ofthe dropshot was not lucky...

Author: By Andy Fine, | Title: Jenny Holleran, Jon Bernheimer Win National Championships | 3/5/1990 | See Source »

...players involved in the program have gotto get better," Kuchen said. "They have to improveboth skill-wise and in their understanding of thegame...

Author: By M.d. Stankiewicz, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: NIT-Picking Time | 3/5/1990 | See Source »

...Aesthetically and content-wise, it looks really promising," Davis said. "There's a lot of quality writing to be tapped into...

Author: By Liza M. Velazquez, | Title: Literary Magazines Explore New Directions | 3/1/1990 | See Source »

...well-made trench coat. The reader can count on several things from these lengthy dissections of the British intelligentsia, and the new installment, her 24th, is no exception. One can be sure, for instance, that demon lust and his faithful servant, self-deception, will make fools of the witty, wise and powerful. There will probably be a maddeningly masochistic woman and a childish, manipulative man. A young person, usually a girl, will act as an unsparing force of nature...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Murdochisms | 2/26/1990 | See Source »

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