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...longest while, it seemed the Yanks didn't know how to win or lose. Speed skaters sore at the world threatened to hire attorneys, and a few clubhouse lawyers were pushing bobsleds. Cross-country skiers straggled in and blamed the wax; slow lugers cursed the friction tape on their sleds. Acting ; defensively only in the press conferences, America's fly-and-die hockey team spoiled rousing 7-5 losses to Czechoslovakia and the U.S.S.R. with rancid asides. "If they hadn't got that lucky second goal," Coach Dave Peterson said of the Czechs, "they might have tanked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Triumph . . . And Tragedy | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...front of the other, knees flexed, hips bent and arms straight out at the sides -- the so-called telemark position, named after a region in Norway where the sport originated. The final score on a jump is made up of distance plus style points, but somehow the longest jumpers must always have the best style. In the end, the sport is mostly one of superlatives: whoever jumps farthest wins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Beyond the O Words | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

Twenty-four other foreigners are captives in Lebanon, including eight Americans. Held longest is Terry A. Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent of The Associated Press, kidnapped March...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Top U.S. Marine Officer Taken Hostage | 2/18/1988 | See Source »

Tomorrow afternoon the racquetmen will try to take the most important step toward their sixth straight Ivy and national titles. The Crimson will also be defending its 64-game winning streak, the second longest streak in collegiate sports history...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Princeton to Invade Harvard, Hemenway | 2/5/1988 | See Source »

...Blues: The loss to the Terriers also marked the longest dry spell (seven years) the Crimson has ever had in capturing a Beanpot title, surpassing the six-year drought from...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: The Big Red is Red Hot | 2/4/1988 | See Source »

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