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Another of Borg's assets is his icy self-control. He rules his emotions so completely that so much as an on-court frown leaves fans and fellow players awestruck. In an exhibition match last year against Vitas Gerulaitis, Borg actually uttered a Swedish oath after missing a shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Tennis Machine | 6/30/1980 | See Source »

...Person for person, they were psychos. Zozo and Yarco, Stoughton's hulky Cuban sentinels, pouncing upon each girl as she entered the dorm: "What did you do tonight?" (Avuncular whine) "Who were you with?" (Leer) "Were his roommates there?" (Snicker) "A lady wouldn't do that." (Dismissed); Rob, the awestruck and disoriented Midwestern roommate of the Death Poet, wandering about sadly, latching onto anyone who would listen, occasionally making conversation with the two calculator-addled physics jocks who haunted the stairs and discussed their SAT scores; the tall silent guy we nicknamed Frankenstein, stalking out at dusk, headed...

Author: By J.wyatt Emmerich, | Title: A Ticket to Ride | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

...Person for person, they were psychos. Zozo and Yarco, Stoughton's hulky Cuban sentinels, pouncing upon each girl as she entered the dorm: "What did you do tonight?" (Avuncular whine) "Who were you with?" (Leer) "Were his roommates there?" (Snicker) "A lady wouldn't do that." (Dismissed); Rob, the awestruck and disoriented Midwestern roommate of the Death Poet, wandering about sadly, latching onto anyone who would listen, occasionally making conversation with the two calculator-addled physics jocks who haunted the stairs and discussed their SAT scores; the tall silent guy we nicknamed Frankenstein, stalking out at dusk, headed...

Author: By Susand D. Chira, | Title: Welcome to my Night-mare | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

...Harvard laxwomen received an unpleasant welcome yesterday afternoon upon their arrival in Amherst, where the University of Massachusetts Minuteman outmaneuvered the awestruck Crimson squad to post a 12-7 victory...

Author: By Michelle D. Healy, | Title: Offense Slips Under Pressure As Laxwomen Fall to UMass | 4/17/1979 | See Source »

...knew they would, the I's soon developed into one of hockey's classiest, most talented teams. While the rest of the NHL watched awestruck, the Uniondale youngsters serenely survived eight must-win 1975 playoff contests, upsetting the Rangers (J.P. Parise decided the finale after 11 seconds of OT) and Penguins (coming back from a three-game deficit for only the second time in professional sports history) before bowing out to eventual Cup champion Philadelphia Flyers in seven, after winning three...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Getting Psyched | 1/9/1979 | See Source »

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