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...bodies must stretch into pretzel-like shapes to make contact with the ball. Yes, the audience hears groans. Yes, sweat is constantly dripping to the floor. Yes, the athletes must run fast, jump high and hit hard. The amount of physical endurance needed to excel in volleyball is much closer to football's demands than to those of croquet...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: Spiked Punch | 10/14/1982 | See Source »

...Zinn sisters. The reason for the parody remains between the stock descriptions of lovely laces as Oates gives us glimpses into the bitter reality of women's lives before the turn of the century. But she does it without a moment of didacticism making A Bloodsmoor Romance excel equally in simple entertainment...

Author: By Cira Simon, | Title: There and Back Again | 9/30/1982 | See Source »

...guarantee a summer of alienation right there. Others talk only about science fiction, and some boast prodigious drug habits. These are the kids who read the newspapers and know every hatted of the Vietnan War. Many come from Bronx High School of Science, where they win debating trophies or excel at ping pong...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Looking Out For Harold And His Friends | 8/10/1982 | See Source »

...straightforward. He can be vulgar and abusive to his closest associates, yet passionately loyal. He cherishes honor and courage, but is a far better loser than winner, gallant in defeat, gloating in victory. He is perhaps the most openly ambitious man in America, yet he admits, "My desire to excel borders on the unhealthy." He urges world peace, yet many of his heroes are conquerors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shaking Up the Networks | 8/9/1982 | See Source »

During the year, the company offers various seminars and special weekends for students who have been with the company at least one summer At these weekends, the students and managers discuss recruiting techniques and watch psychologists' studies on why people excel, succeed, and make money...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: The Southwestern Equation | 5/6/1982 | See Source »

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