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After the early three-set loss of Mertz and Meiselman to a tough Northeastern duo, it was only a matter of time for Harvard's two other doubles teams. The pair of Susan Morganstein and Lisa Schneider ploughed through the opposition to cop the number two slot doubles victory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Netwomen Fly High at GBCs, Capture Eight of Nine Crowns | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

Scanlon, who was known as "The Irish Cop," first came to Harvard in September 1951 and worked here until his retirement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Police Officer Scanlon Dies Following Short Illness | 10/2/1980 | See Source »

Miguel Cortez, a middle-aged Cuban refugee, recalls the early days of Castro. When Terkel asks him if he could bribe a policeman after the revolution, Cortez encapsulates an entire mind of state: "No, because everybody a cop." Cortez's dream is simply to rise upon his failures-a vision not substantially different from Ted Turner's: "I never was valedictorian. I couldn't make the football team, I couldn't make the baseball team . . . That's kinda how I got into sailing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Reservoir of Untapped Power | 9/29/1980 | See Source »

Since his wife's death in Crete, Vandam has struggled manfully to pull himself together and raise his son Billy. He guns a BSA 350 motorcycle through the clotted streets of Cairo and chases his adversary in one memorable scene worthy of a Steve McQueen cop-pursuit flick. He also drinks a lot of gin. Humiliated and frustrated in his confrontations with the Egyptian Nazi sympathizers, he presents Follett's simple but valid editorial: "Yes. We're not very admirable, especially in our colonies, but the Nazis are worse . . . It is worth fighting. In England decency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Nile Wiles | 9/29/1980 | See Source »

Antuofermo, however, picks Hagler to cop the title. Similarly, Crimson boxing editor Nevin Shalit chooses Hagler to win on a ninth-round knockout and dethrone the British champ...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoreboard | 9/27/1980 | See Source »

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