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...grueling interrogation. Another retraction came from Corporal Robert Williams, who claimed to have heard a drunken Lonetree admit his espionage activities. Moreover, preliminary security sweeps in the Moscow embassy have turned up no bugs or other evidence indicating that Soviet agents ever got inside the secure area on the ninth floor. "The case against Lonetree has fallen apart," said his attorney, Michael Stuhff. "The whole house of cards is built on sand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spy Woes: Retractions hurt the Navy's case | 5/11/1987 | See Source »

...after the netwomen took an early 4-1 advantage, it was sophomore Kristin Bland's singles victory that sealed the title for Harvard, which finished the Ivy League season with a sparkling 7-0 mark (12-5 overall). It was Harvard's ninth consecutive win of the spring season, made all the more impressive by the fact that the Tigers had also come into the match undefeated in Ivy play and gunning for league honors...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Netwomen Nab Ivy Title Again | 5/8/1987 | See Source »

...next year with a 2.20 ERA as the Mets finished ninth in the 10-team National League. He leaped to stardom along with the team the next season when he went 25-7 with a 2.21 ERA as the Miracle Mets won the National League East title in the first year of divisional play, the NL pennant and finally the World Series over the Baltimore Orioles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seaver is Still Unsigned; Veteran Set to Retire | 5/6/1987 | See Source »

Gordon Burns took top honors among the skippers, with Peter Wagner finishing ninth. Peter Schumann and Jeff Kurland finished in a fifth-place tie in the top crew listing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sailors Cop NCAA Bid; Nab New England Title | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

...This was a beatable team," the ninth-year Harvard coach continued. "We were clearly in command of the game, except for that one stretch. I thought we gave them a good...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: UNH Trips Laxwomen, 7-6 | 5/2/1987 | See Source »

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