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...women's program also looks strong--again. The lacrosse team has won every Ivy title it's ever competed for. The soccer team has consistently advanced to the national playoffs. The sailing, squash, and track squads look to be favorites to cop Ivy crowns, as usual. And the lightweight crew is so far ahead of the rest of the pack that it can't find a competitor capable of testing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: It's Brains vs. Brawn | 7/16/1985 | See Source »

...phrase often used to describe the College is also applicable to the bars around Harvard Square: the hardest thing about them is getting in. But, while the presence of an off-duty cop or huge bouncer in from of big state warnings can be frightening to the neophyte Square drinker, the atmosphere inside most establishments is pleasant and easygoing...

Author: By Rebecca K. Kramnick, | Title: This Guide's for You | 7/16/1985 | See Source »

...local police. That has always been a challenging job in Georgia, the transcaucasian republic where residents cling stubbornly to their local language and customs and where corruption and black-marketeering have been endemic. Shevardnadze quickly established a reputation as a crime buster, both as the republic's top cop and from 1972 as Georgian party secretary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Winds of Kremlin Change | 7/15/1985 | See Source »

...what if you find yourself unwise, with no way out of the Yard late at night? If you bribe one of the security guards to let you out, maybe the phrase should read "To Depart, Serve Better Thy Country and Thy Kind." But this phrase would assume that the cop is your kind...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Ambidextrous | 6/28/1985 | See Source »

...support divestment. It offers no promise of doing anything constructive to end apartheid. Rather, it is an intellectual cop-out, a Pontius Pilate-tike washing of the hands...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Hand-Washing | 6/6/1985 | See Source »

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