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Such adventures, however, are par for the course for Marsden, who for 16 years has been responsible for the world-wide alert of professional and amatcur astronomers about unusual astronomical occurrences...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: Something Strange? Who Ya Gonna Call? | 11/1/1984 | See Source »

...been working like hell on our lower ranks." Fish said in yesterday's practice, "concentrating a lot more energy on their skills. Deep down I think we all want to win three titles--the Ivies, the National Amatcur team championships and Intercollegiate team championships. I think we all are more prepared from our top players to our lowest ranks, and I think we can do it," he added...

Author: By Carla D. Williams, | Title: Men's Squash Gears Up for Princeton; Lack of Depth Poses Main Problem | 2/2/1983 | See Source »

...mike was opened to anyone who wanted to use it. Magazine-rejected poems, N. Y. Times articles, and Richard Daley anecdotes followed one after the other. It was a psychedelic Ted Mack Amatcur Hour. Farce reached its peak when a bearded guy in khaki stepped up and dead-panned in down-home Okie, "Ah'm new heah, an'ah ain't nevah seen so many people befoah. These nice folks done tol'me ah could read a pome, an'ah shorely do 'preciate it." A pause. I assured my friend that yes, he was for real. He continued...

Author: By Jeffrey S. Golden, | Title: Richard Brautigan On Saturday Night | 11/26/1969 | See Source »

...administrator, he promised the American dollars originally scheduled for the Indo-China campaign to members of the Columbo mutual assistance pact. These nations were meeting in Canada to appraise the Columbo plan's ability to resist Communism in the underdeveloped countries of Southern Asia. Unfortunately, Stassen behaved like the amatcur card player, forgetting that he is not in the diplomatic game alone, and that the government is a partner easily displeased by crratic behavior...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stassen Stumbles | 10/18/1954 | See Source »

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