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Meagher, a high scoring middie on last year's seventh-ranked Crimson squad and one of the country's finest face-off men, suffered torn knee ligaments during the opening minute of play against Hopkins and is not expected to return this season...

Author: By Charles W. Slack, | Title: Men's Squads Enjoy(?) Trips South | 3/30/1981 | See Source »

...matter who came out on top, a face-off between the game's two titans could not have failed to please the tennis-minded Australians. Besides, as McEnroe noted: "Every time we play it matters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Bjorn and John Show | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

...screen a documentary about the summer strikes. The fact that Jagielski, the regime's top-ranking Deputy Premier, who had personally negotiated the Gdansk accord, had been suddenly called in to replace a lower-ranking official for the talks showed the serious ness of the new labor-government face-off. Walesa and Jagielski were closeted in the low. gray stone building of the Council of Ministers for six hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: Furor over a Five-Day Week | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

...judge issued an order banishing the troopers. Lee countered by escorting the girls himself for the next two days. But the Justice Department sought a contempt of court ruling against Lee, and even the Buckeye Three stopped showing up at school. This week is expected to bring a dramatic face-off between Lee and Scott over the contempt motion-in Scott's courtroom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Battle over the Buckeye Three | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

After the first 20 minutes, it didn't seem like Harvard would need any defensive heroics. Aggressive forechecking put the Crimson in front 8:29 after the opening face-off as Watson--who had a hand in every goal and now leads the team in scoring (6-8-14)--fed Olson from behind the net. The sophomore rammed his first shot into Moffet, then stuffed home the rebound...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Icemen Slip by Wildcats, 4-3; Murray's Goal Rescues Win | 12/11/1980 | See Source »

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