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...House came right back, going 43 yards in seven plays to tie the score. A failure to move the ball on the ground forced Ryan to go to the air--and for once that strategy worked. Slater grabbed a pass on the end of a long curl pattern to put the Deacons at the 12, and two plays later Ryan lofted the ball over the defense into the arms of tight end Brian Jolley in the back of the endzone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SoHo Runs Past Kirkland House, 12-6 | 11/5/1980 | See Source »

While Alexeyev struggles with the snatch, Rakhmanov comes out and starts to warm up. Briskly, efficiently, he snatches one weight, orders it increased, then hoists again with equal ease. Still .young enough to curl his back and lift with supple grace, he has clearly surpassed Alexeyev. The room reverberates with the boom and clang of weights being banged back to earth. Rakhmanov takes no notice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: You Will See Me Again... | 8/11/1980 | See Source »

Dalton has a husky, late-night and last-drink voice that can curl under and caress a ballad, or slide, like a gravity knife, to a quick sharp point that draws blood from a backbeat. She writes, or co-writes, most of her material, making sure to stash away in the lyrics plenty of shingles and cobwebs, like the recollection of "ol' Dottie" in her Beer Drinkin' Song...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Songs from a Loose Shingle | 7/14/1980 | See Source »

...curl pattern to Stratton and I was playing the deep third on the zone. The ball was overthrown so I was sitting pretty. It came right to me," Coppinger said...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Defense Outshines Yale's Vaulted Unit | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

...your existence becomes so cocooned, it's time to escape. You can walk around the city to regain a sense of perspective, or even head for a weekend in New Hampshire or New York, or curl up with a mystery novel. Chances are, however, that you won't have much time to flee, and that you'll want to find a spot isolated from roommates typing Expos papers and neighbors blasting Springsteen out the window. Tucked away in odd corners, Harvard does provide idyllic spots for contemplation, quiet places where you can sit back for a moment and enjoy being...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: The Great Escape | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

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