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...Johns collected one goal each period, to the delight of their mostly crestfallen rooting section. But coach Marty Pierce's squad shut down every Shrewsbury rally before it had a chance to begin...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Matignon Captures State Hockey Title In Lopsided St. Patrick's Day Battle | 3/18/1980 | See Source »

...evening is a headlong delight, and a special exhilaration arises from Shaw's gift for wittily unlocking treasures of the mind with the sly, sensitive touch of a safecracker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Blood and Fire | 3/17/1980 | See Source »

Fourteen years and four or five version later, I've learned that Charlie Brown is no work of art, but it still manages to instruct and delight about as well as any show of its kind. One of the children who sat cross-legged in front of the first row in the South House dining hall confirmed its didactic capabilities last Saturday night. He asked me who Socrates was, obviously not understanding an allusion Linus made when he tells Lucy to know herself. There is no doubt, however, that this youngster could relate to the abandon with which Linus sucked...

Author: By James L. Cott, | Title: From the Peanuts Gallery | 3/13/1980 | See Source »

...Viet Nam lesson, that it's easier to go into those countries than it is to get out. They will find out, just as the U.S. did, how amazingly easy it is for a little country to swallow a military machine." Says a Pentagon officer with undisguised delight: "I think it's great. It tickles me to death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Kabul Is Not Saigon | 3/10/1980 | See Source »

...Viet Nam lesson, that it's easier to go into those countries than it is to get out. They will find out, just as the U.S. did, how amazingly easy it is for a little country to swallow a military machine." Says a Pentagon officer with undisguised delight: "I think it's great. It tickles me to death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Kabul Is Not Saigon | 3/10/1980 | See Source »

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