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History seemed to be repeating itself, and more bleak ironies were piled high on a country already burdened with too many. Last Thursday marked the 25th anniversary of the massacre at Sharpeville, when police killed 69 blacks in the township 40 miles south of Johannesburg. That watershed conflict was still a vivid memory to many blacks in Langa, another township 25 miles from the southeast coastal city of Port Elizabeth. There, crowds defied a government ban on public gatherings to hold a procession in honor of three blacks who had been killed in clashes with police the previous weekend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa Bitter Reminders of Sharpeville | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

...foosball tradition is one that has existed at Quincy for quite a long time, says Quintana. At the Quincy House 25th Reunion, legendary alums dropped by to see the foosball table of their college days. Says Quintana, "It's just like riding a bike. They were still pretty good, but you could tell they weren't their former selves...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Move Over, Ms. Pac Man-Here's Foosball | 3/15/1985 | See Source »

...nearby major cities. Suburban Norwalk, Conn., for example, gained points for New York City's top standing in the arts and health care, but was not penalized for New York's last-place rating in crime. Thus Norwalk went from 148th place to ninth. New York's rank is 25th...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: All Riled Up About Ratings | 3/11/1985 | See Source »

...help celebrate its 25th birthday, the Second City comedy troupe has some new trophy cases in the lobby of its Chicago theater. Now they have more space to show off pictures of such former Second Citizens as John Belushi, Joan Rivers, Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray. Other alumni, including Alan Arkin, Robert Klein and David Steinberg, were back in person recently for an anniversary reunion, which was taped by Home Box Office for airing in April. And in the world beyond, a Second City troupe is established in Toronto, touring companies are on the road, and SCTV is in reruns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Still Crazy After All These Years | 3/4/1985 | See Source »

...Lane and I, we're just sideshows to the Scott Fusco show," Smith said after scoring his 24th, 25th and 26th goals." We re just his sidekicks...

Author: By Nick Wurf, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Icemen Wreck Catamounts, 9-3 | 2/23/1985 | See Source »

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