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...returned a Dave Cody kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown. The runback, in which he cut through a nicely-formed wedge of blockers, then outran everybody up the right sideline, along with a 36-yd. run on a screen pass against the first-team defense, will put the West-borough native in line for some playing time Saturday. Sophomore defensive right end Joe Margolis had another strong outing and should challenge junior Justin Whittington, who is favored to replace Marco Coric. Coric, it seems, will miss his second consecutive season because of Ad Board-induced misery...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Survival Tactics | 9/15/1980 | See Source »

...also agree that the city should not be redivided. It is conceivable that an eventual compromise might be reached by which West Jerusalem would remain the capital of Israel and East Jerusalem would become the Palestinian capital. According to one such plan, the city could be operated under a borough system, with a council elected by both communities, and with Jewish and Arab mayors alternating every four years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Key to a Wider Peace | 4/14/1980 | See Source »

...prevent a recurrence. Middletowners have learned even more. At the time of the accident last year, the town had neither the instruments to monitor radiation levels nor a plan for moving its inhabitants out of danger. Since then, the town has installed radiation detectors on the roof of the borough hall and put together an 80-page program that provides for the evacuation of the town by road, rail, river and even, if it becomes necessary, snowmobile. Said Mayor Reid: "We can empty the town completely in 24 hours. All the folks out at T.M.I. have to do is keep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: Legacy off Three Mile Island | 3/24/1980 | See Source »

...sprint away on an 8-km race through New York City's Central Park. Not surprisingly, the leader who cut the floodlit tape in 23 min. IS sec. was Speedster Bill Rodgers, who has won his home town's Boston Marathon three times and the five-borough New York Marathon four. Said he: "If you've got 1,600 people running with you, it's a real good time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 14, 1980 | 1/14/1980 | See Source »

Thus, when I was at Cambridge (1920-24), undergraduates like myself from modest homes and borough secondary schools tended to emulate the dress and manner of speech of the Etonians, Harrovians and Wykhamists, etc., etc., among whom they found themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Eclipse of the Gentleman | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

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