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...asked, "Do you like the issue? What do you think of it? Which one do you want to do?" I asked if it would help my chances to do nude as opposed to semi-nude. "I can't promise anything. If we have a lot of nudes, we might bump someone into semi-nude. It doesn't really help your chances to do one or the other...

Author: By Ariela J. Gross, | Title: Tales of a Would-be Playboy Bunny? | 3/10/1986 | See Source »

...Definitely, that first goal should have counted," Crimson Coach Nita Lamborghini said. "It ran smoothly along the grass for seven yards and then hit a bump. There was nothing wrong with...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Stickwomen Knot Bulldogs, 1-1, Tie Three for 2nd Place in Ivies | 11/12/1985 | See Source »

Instead, imagine 1000-plus of your favorite acquaintances locking arms in sweaty embrace, swilling impotent potables like apple juice and introducing themselves in the darkness of a converted dining hall to the bump and grind of dance music...

Author: By Ari Z. Posner, | Title: Is This a Mixer? A Meat Market? And Why Are You Here Anyway? | 9/18/1985 | See Source »

...Moines. Reagan is near ecstasy. He pours out his heart in a two-page longhand letter to Ward. "Sometimes those last few days seem like something I read in a book, but with your wire to cling to I get back to realization (sic) with a very satisfactory bump. Wheaties . . . has a high- pressure man here working on me with some wild idea about sticking around for another baseball season. Overwhelming as is this reluctance to let me depart, nevertheless I remain California-bound . . . I've got the telegram worn to a frazzle, and my only reply to their arguments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: He Could Communicate | 6/17/1985 | See Source »

...that was anticipated in 1975 for 1985. Instead, it is around $1.20, and plentiful. Ford and GM want the final standard rolled back to 26 m.p.g. Says GM Chairman Roger Smith: "We won't pay the fine." The company says that it will curtail production of larger cars that bump up the corporate fleet average if the law is not changed. Pressure is building in the Senate, though, to hold the line at 27.5 m.p.g. The Government is expected to decide this month whether to relax the standards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: Debate Over an Extra Mile | 6/10/1985 | See Source »

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