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This year, Lem (who had coached at Boston College for 10 years) starts his second year as Harvard coach, the Crimson will play its second full year in the MAC, and the squad returns 12 players from its 5-16 team...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Hoping to Net Greater Success | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

Mfanasibili went to bizarre lengths to maintain his position. In 1983, while the youthful Prince Makhosetive was attending a private school in Dorset, England (where he was known to classmates as "Mac"), Mfanasibili charged that several members of the royal house had plotted to assassinate their future King. The weapon of choice, according to Mfanasibili, was a witch doctor, who was sent to England to hunt down the prince and poison him. As a result of Mfanasibili's charges, several princes loyal to the ousted Queen regent were detained without trial, as were a handful of ranking Swazi officials, including...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Swaziland In the Kingdom of Fire Eyes | 9/7/1987 | See Source »

Translated by Alfred Mac Adam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Summer Reading | 7/27/1987 | See Source »

...addition to offering fresh technology, PC manufacturers are getting savvier at marketing their wares. Apple Chairman John Sculley, former president of Pepsi-Cola, has visited many Big Business cronies to tout the Macintosh. The result: Apple's sales to the commercial market have nearly doubled since 1984, and the Mac is seen as a tool for executives instead of just a plaything for students and hobbyists. As Sculley told TIME: "We had to reposition the whole company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going From Gloom to Boom | 5/11/1987 | See Source »

...poor freshman will give away his lowly status by his quizzical gaze and questioning stammer when an upperclassman friend simply says, "After my Science A, I'll be swimming at the IAB--I mean MAC--you know, right around the corner from OCS, by D.U. Meet me there and we'll have lunch in A-house...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: College Colloquialism | 4/23/1987 | See Source »

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