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...headed to Anguilla. There, questioned by reporters last week, she gave her life story, but the versions began to multiply. Had she been married before? No. Well, in fact it turned out she had been, twice. Second Husband William Rickenbacker, investment counselor and son of World War I Flying Ace Eddie Rickenbacker, told the New York Daily News that she was "quite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Lost Together in Paradise | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

Spikes by Keller and Nielsen throughout the final game revealed lapses in the Huskie defense. Harvard clinched the match on a service ace by Kwun...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spikers Pound Huskies, Take First Victory, 3-0 | 2/13/1987 | See Source »

...went for it. By 1974 Cray was playing backup for Blues Ace Albert Collins, who had appeared at Cray's high school graduation party three years before, and organizing his own band. It was soon performing 250 nights a year in bars from Vancouver to San Diego. Sometimes parents would come by to check out how the boys were doing. "My father and (Bass Player) Richard Cousins' mom are loud people," Cray says fondly. "You can hear them in the audience: 'Do it, son! Play that guitar! Pop a string! I'll buy you another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Shots From a Smoking Gun | 12/8/1986 | See Source »

Wasting little time in the fourth set, Tapson served Harvard's ninth ace of the match, giving the Crimson a 6-1 lead. The spikers recorded 11 aces in the four-game match...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Spikers Fifth in Ivy Tourney | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

When Boston took the opening pair of games in New York City's Shea Stadium -- 1-0 on a ball that skittered through the western legs of Second Baseman Tim Teufel, and 9-3 on the first of two dark episodes for Mets Ace Dwight Gooden -- McNamara said pointedly, "We probably aren't the greatest ball club in the world." The Mets smiled weakly. In 13 big league years at a rash of stands, this manager has been a man of rare civility and rotten luck. His 1981 Cincinnati Reds won more games than any other team but were gerrymandered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Small Delights and a Big Chill | 11/3/1986 | See Source »

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