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...varsity had a very aggressive race and a great first 1000," Radcliffe head coach Liz O'Leary said, "but they let Yale slip away in the middle and get four or five seats. They came back in the sprint, but it wasn't enough to catch them. The race intensity was there, but some technical flaws in the middle hurt them...
Thanks to its recent blockbusters, the company has for the moment surpassed archrival Paramount as the No. 1 grossing studio in Hollywood. Only three years ago, Disney ranked ninth. Even though the studio could easily slip from its dizzying new position, Disney's hot streak has made it Hollywood's most closely watched force. The company plans to release 15 features this year, up from ten in 1986. Among them: Big Business, a comedy pairing Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin, and Cocktail, in which Tom Cruise plays a cocky young bartender...
...during a critical Harvard-Dartmouth basketball game played in leaky Briggs Cage, one manager not only had to keep score of the game but had to fight the forces of nature. Otherwise, one slip could determine the outcome. "There were lines of water across the floor and I had to find people to help me clean up water between plays," men's basketball manager Monica Phillips '90 recalls...
...Boston College was slip-sliding along the natural surface, it was also slip-sliding away on the scoreboard. Harvard won easily...
...both Cambridge and Harvard are on the watch for slip-ups, Guth says. "I just paid off $120 to the City of Cambridge for mostly meter violations," he says. "They always snag you somehow...