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...pedestrian, a middle-aged man, had jumped forward to avoid the car but was flipped into the air by a glancing blow from the vehicle, said a Harvard student who also spoke on the condition of anonymity. The man's elbow broke the windshield of the car on impact, but he was talking and walking after the accident without any visible injuries...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Car Hits Pedestrian, Scooter on Mt. Auburn | 3/17/1988 | See Source »

Senior guard Mary Baldauf missed Tuesday night's win against UMass with a bruised elbow, suffered when she fell trying to sky for a rebound last weekend. Her status for this weekend's games is still questionable...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Cagers Cream Ivy Crop | 2/19/1988 | See Source »

...nervous verge of being discovered by a world ready to attend the XV Olympiad Winter Games, are determined to ladle on a downright cordial welcome. "Smile, you're a tourist attraction" has become an unofficial local slogan. To a visitor, plunked down at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers 150 miles north of Montana, Calgary seems to have an unsophisticated, almost south-of-the-border Texas personality. The accent's a little different...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympic Preview: Calgary Stirs Up A Warm Welcome | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

...tour was an almost comical confrontation of the two superwives, each ; fighting to get her way with elaborate politesse. But as much as Nancy Reagan tugged at Raisa Gorbachev's elbow, trying to steer the diminutive (5 ft. 3 in.) Russian away from the cordoned-off journalists, she was outmaneuvered. A reporter asked Raisa whether she would be meeting ordinary Americans. Her flattering reply: "Meeting you, for me, is meeting Americans. This time our visit is too short. I hope next time will be longer." At one point she launched into a discussion of modern life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Confrontation of The Superwives | 12/21/1987 | See Source »

...takes off his shirt and hands it to his wife. Ray takes off his arm wrap and gives it to his sister. Joe stands at the table onstage, his elbow locked in place, and waits for Ray. Ray is stalking around the far end of the stage, talking to himself. He does not seem to notice the pinup calendar photos of , the Candy Store girls on the wall in front of him. The girls are naked, in suggestive poses, and they are smiling at Ray. Suddenly, Ray barks like a rabid dog, whirls around and charges the table with wide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Florida: Lock Up! And the Pulse Pounds | 11/2/1987 | See Source »

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