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More than balance, the Bulldogs have had that peculiar knack for scoring in the clutch...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Back on the fast track | 11/16/1984 | See Source »

...everybody likes the monkey house. The chimps clutch the bars and make faces; the orangutans lounge obscenely and scratch their hairy orange arms. With ape-like gestures, the cast members of the Mainstage production of Peter Weiss's Marat/Sade shriek, jabber and carry on. As the inmates of the asylum of Charenton, they perform a play within a play. The Persecution and Assassination of Jean Paul Marat, written by one of their own number, the Marquis de Sade...

Author: By Jane Avrich, | Title: One Big Batty Family | 11/15/1984 | See Source »

...garments were quickly snapped up by Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman-Marcus and other tony department stores. The onetime Du Pont accountant was on his way. Sales of Nipon's dresses (price: $100 to $2,000) this year are expected to reach $60 million, and he has collected a clutch of celebrity customers, including Mary Tyler Moore, Barbara Walters, Rosalynn Carter and Nancy Reagan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Albert Nipon: Fashion Fraud, A dress designer's tax woes | 11/5/1984 | See Source »

...Several clutch spikes were cracked by 6-ft. 5-in. Flo Hyman, 30, a member of the U.S. national team since 1975. In the oddest-sounding events, like the men's English match small-bore rifle competition (won by West Virginian Ed Etzel), the impression of a rout was confirmed. Where did the U.S. find Air Rifle Markswoman Pat Spurgin, or Greco-Roman Wrestlers Steve Fraser and Jeff Blatnick, or Cyclists Steve Hegg and Mark Gorski? All have won gold medals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Glory Halleluiah! | 8/13/1984 | See Source »

...clutch performances have played a major part in two Ivy titles. If--or, considering Azelby's past, when--he makes the Bills, the Patriot, had better beware...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JOE AZELBY | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

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