Word: dicks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most impressive literary debuts of the decade. The Crying of Lot 49 (1966), shorter and more straightforward than its predecessor, won more converts to the growing Pynchon cult. And the encyclopedic Gravity's Rainbow (1973) stunned both critics and readers as the most ambitious American novel since Moby Dick...
...twist to the usual scenario of politicians children being docked for speeding. Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh came under fire last month for using state troopers to whisk his sons--one of whom is a K-School student--from Harrisburg to Cambridge. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Thornburgh used state funds to pay for several trips this year. According to the Inquirer, the trips, including hotel rooms for the cops, were paid out of state coffers...
...Paul Vallone walk, a passed ball and a Bruce Welter singe gave Harvard a 5-4 edge in the bottom of the drizzly, sub-40:degree eight inning at Soldiers Field. After Bobby Kay popped out and Jim DePalo reached on an error, Umass Coach Dick Bergguist called on reliever Steve Allard...
...point, Challenger will edge to within 30 ft. of the satellite. Then the shuttle's 50-ft.-long, remote-controlled mechanical arm, operated from inside the cockpit by Electrical Engineer Terry Hart, 37, will lock onto a grappling device on Solar Max. (Challenger's fifth astronaut is Dick Scobee, 44, a onetime airplane mechanic who will be Crippen's copilot.) With helpful nudges from Nelson and Van Hoften, Solar Max will be eased into a special cradle in the cargo bay for the repair. The astronauts' task in the bay will be to remove a defective...
...Dick Groat...