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Dartmouth women's lacrosse Coach Jo Ann Harper says it'll take an "incredible performance" for her squad--the 1983 women's lacrosse Cinderella story--to wrest the Ivy championship from a far more talented Harvard squad this afternoon at Soldier's Field. If there's any team that's capable, however, it's the storybook squad from Hanover...
...Democratic candidacy as a conservative alternative to Ronald Reagan seemed credible. The Southerners in fact do appear to be running on more conservative platforms. Askew opposes the Domestic Content Bill (in other words, protectionism) and abortion. Among the other candidates, Glenn is counting on strong Southern support to wrest the nomination away from Mondale. The Washington Post noted that Glenn "is the only candidate who has shown considerable strength in the Confederacy...
Mexico's durable one-party system emerged from the fratricidal Revolution of 1910, which toppled the 34-year rule of Dictator Porfirio Diaz. In the ensuing ten years, more than 1 million Mexicans died as one faction after another tried to wrest control of the country. Finally, to put an end to the bloodletting, outgoing President Plutarco Elias Calles founded what later became the P.R.I, as a coalition of military leaders, landholders and workers dedicated to the reforms called for in a constitution that had been drawn up in 1917 but was never respected. The party promised economic equality...
ROSEMARIE SANSOME was as prepared as any candidate descending on Springfield last May for the state Democratic convention. For her underdog bid to wrest the body's nonbinding endorsement for Secretary of State from incumbent Michael J. Connally, she enlisted a cadre of children to pass out yellow roses and an unusually heavy load of signs, bumper stickers and buttons. They even placed a large scoreboard in the galleries to keep delegates posted on the progress of the Celtics playoff game. Though Sansone's was an uphill fight, the small, red-haired Boston city councilor realized that even a spunky...
Mutual fund companies and brokerage houses, for example, are trying to wrest IRA dollars away from banks and S and Ls by offering investments in stocks, bonds, money-market securities and even oil ventures. Insurance companies are touting so-called fixed-annuity plans that guarantee predetermined annual payouts during retirement. Many investment firms are encouraging corporations to set up programs that allow employees to invest in IRAs through payroll deductions. The Dreyfus Corp. of New York City, for example, already manages employee IRAs for more than 50 companies, including Warner Communications, RCA Corp. and Esmark...