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When they go out-if they go out -they listen anxiously for the sound of footsteps hurrying near, and they eye every approaching stranger with suspicion. As they walk, some may clutch a police whistle in their hands. More often, especially after the sun sets, they stay at home, their world reduced to the confines of apartments that they turn into fortresses with locks and bars on every window and door. They are the elderly who live in the slums of the nation's major cities. Many are poor. White or black, they share a common fear-that they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CITIES: The Elderly: Prisoners of Fear | 11/29/1976 | See Source »

...freehanded Korean businessman had fled, the party-giving Oriental beauty was testifying to a federal grand jury, and a bipartisan clutch of Congressmen were nervous about Washington's latest payola scandal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: THE SEOUL BROTHER | 11/8/1976 | See Source »

Penn quarterback Bob Graustein performed heroics before a stunned Princeton home crowd as the Quakers edged the Tigers, 10-9, with a clutch, last-minute touchdown drive...

Author: By Thomas A.J. Mcginn, | Title: Yale, Brown Stay on Top As Ivy Race Narrows | 11/1/1976 | See Source »

...helps to add a mixture of complete domination and clutch performances. Take for example Radcliffe's one-sided routs over Tufts (4-0), Cornell (3-0) and Wheaton (3-0), and the cliff-hangers over powerful squads from Bates (2-1), Dartmouth (3-2), and Northeastern (2-1), contests in which the Crimson stick women demonstrated an amazing knack for doing what had to be done when a game was on the line...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Tigers Claw Radcliffe Dreams | 10/27/1976 | See Source »

Quarterback Burke St. John spurred the win in a brilliant clutch performance. St. John amazed the B.C. defense with an exciting third quarter 53-yard touchdown pass and followed that with a 64-yard scoring drive made possible by two key fourth-down pass completions...

Author: By James D. Auran, | Title: Harvard Freshman Whip B.C., 22-11; Classy Underclassmen Still Undefeated | 10/26/1976 | See Source »

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