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...temperature hovered around the zero degree range, Harvard played the game at its preferred up-beat tempo, especially in the second half, and set up a national semifinals showdown with Duke tomorrow afternoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Tourney Summary: The Route to Duke | 12/6/1986 | See Source »

...winner of tonight's showdown gains the inside track for the 1986-'87 Ivy League title. Either Harvard or Brown has won the Ivies every year since...

Author: By Joseph Kaufman, | Title: Aquawomen Brown Bound | 12/3/1986 | See Source »

With tonight's showdown coming only two weeks after the start of the swimming season, the contest may be a baptism-by-fire for the freshmen on both teams...

Author: By Joseph Kaufman, | Title: Aquawomen Brown Bound | 12/3/1986 | See Source »

There were other issues that could also have led to a showdown in North Korea. Over the past two years Kim has engineered a pronounced tilt in Pyongyang's Sino-Soviet policies toward Moscow. Just two months ago the North Korean President made a hastily arranged visit to the Soviet capital, his second in 29 months, for talks with Mikhail Gorbachev. The Soviets provide North Korea with MiG-23 fighter aircraft and Scud surface-to-surface missiles. In return, they have acquired calling rights at the North Korean ports of Nampo and Najin and clearance for military reconnaissance flights from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: North Korea Now You See Kim ... | 12/1/1986 | See Source »

Miami, 10-0, and hoping for a victory that would put it in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 2 for a national championship showdown with Penn State, got all but four first-place votes yesterday in The Associated Press poll...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Miami Holds No. 1 Spot | 11/26/1986 | See Source »

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