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...Green wants to play bully-ball with the Crimson skaters, it will have to catch them first. A mugger isn't any good if he can't nab the old lady with the purse...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: They Can Really Skate | 12/12/1987 | See Source »

...Excellence have lured two engineering whizzes, with a third to be announced next month. George Mason University has attracted 35 scholars in the past five years with pay of $60,000 to $123,000 (vs. a national average of around $45,000 for a tenured professor). Poised to nab 20 more academic stars, Mason President George Johnson demurs: "Raiding isn't the right phrasing; it's selective development...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Raiders in The Groves of Academe | 11/23/1987 | See Source »

That year I remember when I relished the opportunity to nab the salt and pepper shakers to show my Adams House eating companions how predictable the Multiflex was under the quarterbacks we had that year...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Plays I Will Not Forget | 11/19/1987 | See Source »

Countdown: 5,4,3... In the last five weeks the Crimson have slowly inched its way closer to the top of the ISAA and Soccer America national Division I rankings. After moving from fifth into the fourth-place spot in both polls last week, Harvard has managed to nab third in the latest Soccer America ranking...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Some Close Calls | 11/13/1987 | See Source »

...yourself getting sleepy? Little Weak? Sorta drowsy? Recite "The Bells" aloud into a tape deck, pop your recording into an industrial strength ghetto blaster, and let-errrrrip, full volume, for dozing neighbors. Run-DMC's got nothin' on Poe...though they might make a mean team. "The TIN-too-NAB-yoo-LAY-shun of duh BELLS BELLS BELLS BELLS BELLS BELLS BELLS! HUNH...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: Halloween Bedtime Stories | 10/31/1987 | See Source »

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