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WHEN CHIEF VILLAIN Darth Vadar managed to escape Luke Skywalker's Force-Ful onslaught in the closing minutes of Star Wars, you just knew that George Lucas was keeping the door open for a sequel. When Rocky ended with hero Sly Stallone losing a close one to the champ, you knew he'd come back itching for a rematch. But when George and Kathy Lutz scrambled from their collapsing haunted home before the credits rolled up for The Amityville Horror, you thought the chances for an Amityville Horror II crumbled right along with that dreadful over-spooked mansion...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Horrorville Revisited | 10/8/1982 | See Source »

...NOTEBOOK: Ivy cellar-dweller Cornell should provide a welcome change of pace from national champ UConn when the Big Red comes to town tomorrow morning. Cornell went winless in league play during the last three years. Harvard brings a 1-0 Ivy record into tomorrow's contest...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: UConn Tops Stick women, 3-1 | 10/8/1982 | See Source »

PRINCETON 26, BROWN 17 Well-known fact. Brown is 2-0 including an opening day win over defending Ivy champ Yale. Little-known fact: Brown has no pass defense, yielding 216 yards through the air to the Elis and 269 to URL last week. Tiger quarterback Bob Woods, leading the Division I-AA East in total offense, should smoke 'em. Bye, Bruno...

Author: By Michael Bass, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Under the Gun | 10/2/1982 | See Source »

Crimson sophomore Kate Wiley--last year's Ivy cross country champ--was among the pack following in Strickers and Brommer's footsteps during the first two miles Plagued with cysts in her knees and painful dental work however the Canadian native fell behind to finish eighth with a time...

Author: By Caroline R. Adams, | Title: Brommer Sets New Mark At Harriers' First Meet | 9/27/1982 | See Source »

There are aspects of the new woman in a rising generation of athletes and actresses: the powerful neck and shoulders of Dancer Sandahl Bergman, the huge forearm of Tennis Champ Martina Navratilova, the mesa-flat stomach of Actress Mariel Hemingway, the sinewy "thunder thighs" of Marathoner Gayle Olinekova, the eloquently articulated back muscles of Track Star Patrice Don nelly. But these are not changeable parts on the latest model of Barbie doll. The new body is to be seen and appreciated in the sum and the movement of its parts, the most important of which may be the brain that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Ideal Of Beauty | 8/30/1982 | See Source »

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