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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...slight rain is falling in the north quadrant of the United States Military Academy. The fog from the Hudson River has rolled in over the campus and the great mass of uniformly gray buildings that are West Point has become indistinguishable from the atmosphere. In the courtyard, a brigade of cadets--dressed in gray rain slickers, gray caps with gray rain hoods, and gray trousers--lines up for formation and review. It looks somber and depressing, one first class cadet (senior) says, but look on the bright side. Things get even worse during January and February (they call...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Duty, Honor, Country... | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

Cambridge has produced a number of famous scientists--Louis Agassiz and Asa Gray to name two--but perhaps none so concerned with human welfare as Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse. Working in an office-lab, he laid the ground for the cure to smallpox...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: First' From a Cambridge Original | 10/4/1980 | See Source »

...same year that Cambridgeport became an offical port of entry and trade, Professor Asa Gray of Harvard developed the nation's first botanical garden. There is some confusion over the date, however, because some believe it did not actually "open" until...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: First' From a Cambridge Original | 10/4/1980 | See Source »

University officials said they were overjoyed at the news. Hannah Gray, president of the university, said in a statement. "For almost 40 years the university has been beneficiary of support of the Benton family. The creation of a supporting foundation by the Benton foundation is a splendid addition to that long history...

Author: By Compiled FROM College newspapers, | Title: University of Chicago Gets Britannica Stock | 10/4/1980 | See Source »

Smith forward Martha Gray received a penalty kick opportunity, but Harvard goaltender Dana Warren thwarted the attempt, tipping the ball up and off of the crossbar. The ball took a crazy bounce down in front and before Warren could corral it. Gray booted it past her, cutting the Crimson's lead...

Author: By Mike Bass, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Women Booters Scramble by Smith, 3-1 | 10/4/1980 | See Source »

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