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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though the dancers, for the most part, last the full twelve hours, they are given five minute breaks on the hour and a half hour dinner break. "As long as they stand and sway [they're] still in the contest," said O'Brien. The dancer that brings in the most pledges wins a trip for two to the Bahamas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Currier Dance Marathon Will Rock Memorial Hall | 2/28/1987 | See Source »

Some have managed to break, or at least cut down, on the habit. "I used to be really addicted," says Scott R. Panzer '88. Panzer plays on the Quincy House foosball ladder and is the House "czar. The czar is handpicked by the previous czar and takes responsibility for the upkeep of the table and running the ladder...

Author: By Sophia A. Van wingerden, | Title: Game or Addiction: Putting Your Best Foos Forward | 2/27/1987 | See Source »

...come to town too often and homegrown prodigies such as Leno and Wright only pop in for occasional, surprise appearances at their old haunts. As a result, Boston comedy has been suffering from the excruciating boredom that inevitably results when the same young comics--those who can't break into the big time--perform at the same old clubs weekend after weekend...

Author: By Steven Lichtman, | Title: Square Life: | 2/27/1987 | See Source »

Yesterday's contest was the last team match for Boyum, who is a senior. "It doesn't feel like the season is over. Everyone keeps telling me that it's my last match, but we've got the individuals next week, and we're going to England over spring break, so we're still practicing," Boyum said...

Author: By Lori J. Lakin, | Title: Racquetwomen Avenge Yale, 8-1 | 2/25/1987 | See Source »

...past year. "What you have seen so far was nothing more than a warm-up of the jayvees," warns a disgruntled colonel. "You haven't seen the first team in action. They want a government that is prepared to lead them in a full-scale war to break the back of the insurgency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: A Truce Gives Way to Gunplay | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

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