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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That's a strong compliment coming from a team that has squared off against fourth-ranked Penn State and sixth-ranked Delaware. Harvard can only hope that the NCAA tournament selection committee agrees...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Princeton Bests Stick women | 10/25/1982 | See Source »

...confidence others compliment her lot came with time on the beat. After about a year, I felt I could handle just about in thing "But the enjoyment she gets from the job comes largely from its unpredictable nature You never master it she explains. Every night you come out here, you get a call and you learn something from who's responsible for something in a building to a point of law in making an arrest...

Author: By L. JOSEPH Garcia, | Title: One of the Guys | 10/22/1982 | See Source »

...unjust that the blame for the atrocity hailed down upon Israelis alone. The Christian militiamen who actually did the evil work were rarely mentioned. Presumably, that kind of Hobbesian savagery comes so naturally to them that it hardly bears remarking. There was a strange compliment concealed here. The world accused Israel so violently in part because the massacre profoundly violated Israel's own moral standards. Some of the vitriol, too, was just anti-Semitism dressed up to look like righteous indignation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Israel's Moral Nightmare | 10/4/1982 | See Source »

...Think jazz. Think under the beat, not on it. Step over a huge piece of marshmallow, something soft. Those bottoms could be naughtier! And now, let's do it once more, just for luck." Timothy Scott, 27, who dances the featured role of Mr. Mistoffelees, sighs the ultimate compliment: "We're not used to dancing this hard on Broadway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Making the Cats Meow | 9/27/1982 | See Source »

Restic returns the compliment: "Joe was a very good, quick football player who could have a promising future in the pros...

Author: By John D. Solomon, | Title: The Joe Pellegrini Story | 9/24/1982 | See Source »

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