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...swallowed up immediately." His comments are backed by history: for several centuries, Armenians and Turks fought for control of the Lesser Caucasus mountain range, which borders Asia Minor. During that struggle, Armenians often turned to their Russian neighbors for + help. In the 19th century, Russians and Armenians built a string of fortress cities along what is now the Soviet-Turkish border...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Armenia | 11/28/1988 | See Source »

Cozza asked the sophomore--who played defensive back and second-string quarterback on last year's freshman team, but threw only four passes--to give up baseball for the fall and join the football squad...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: Take Me Out to the Ball Game | 11/19/1988 | See Source »

Harvard's third-string quarterback, Tim Perry, started the game Saturday because of injuries to Tom Yohe (fractured leg) and Rod MacLeod (bad ankle). Perry responded with a gutsy effort, completing 11 of 28 passes for 100 yards and rushing for 65 yards and a touchdown...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: All in All, They'd Rather Be Elsewhere | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

...most unlikely subjects into inexplicably successful rock/pop operas. Jesus Christ, T.S. Eliot's cats, roller-skating trains, the Phantom of the Opera. And Argentine actress/first lady Eva Peron. Adam Fratto, who directed last year's Lowell House opera, bucks convention by having a rock ensemble, instead of the traditional string orchestra, play the rock-inspired score. Why has no one thought of this before...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OPENING THIS WEEK | 11/10/1988 | See Source »

RAGGED BUT RIGHT: GREAT COUNTRY STRING BANDS OF THE 1930s (RCA). Before the rhinestones, country music sounded like this: all heart and no slickum. Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers; Wade Mainer . . . the sounds are as good as the names...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Nov. 7, 1988 | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

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