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...race -- it expects to introduce its new OS/2 by year-end -- but that doesn't mean it will prevail. Microsoft is attracting a dedicated following to its successful Windows software, which lets users juggle a variety of programs at once. While Windows is not as muscular as OS/2, Gates sees it as a bridge leading customers from DOS to OS/2 in a smooth transition. He thinks that is important: "Switching overnight to OS/2 is too great a leap," he says...
There is much reason to believe that Harvard, the 13th-ranked team in the country, will prevail over its Ivy rival. In East Region action earlier this year, the Crimson defeated powerhouse West Virginia, 7-2, while the Tigers lost to the Mountaineers...
Each voice is as unique as a fingerprint, and the whole aural setup is not exactly fair. An artist like Freni yearns to play grand heroines like Norma or La Gioconda but must obey the dictates of her two vocal cords. Yet Birgit Nilsson could prevail over waves of punishing orchestration for hours. Her explanation: "I was a healthy girl with a healthy voice...
...seven golfers teeing off--freshman Lou Body, who is number one or two on the team, was absent--the Crimson were only able to drop a single low score. Although Dave Miller finished second with a 75, the wide range of Crimson scores allowed the steadier Amherst squad to prevail...
...other with public denunciations, parliamentary maneuvers, resolutions on ballots and demonstrations in the streets. But vicious as their rivalry is, it is nothing compared with the way politics used to be in the Soviet Union -- and might be again if the advocates of a return to repression were to prevail...