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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ridge where Jim Vance (a Hatfield inlaw) made a hellbent stand against far too many McCoys. And they think they know who was to blame, though their opinions tend to run along family lines. Robert McCoy, 36, the well-fed and worldly mayor of Matewan, points a finger at the meddlesome Hatfields who invaded the election grounds: "Politics-that was what the whole thing was about. One family meddling in the other's interests." Another McCoy, twice the mayor's age, takes his own backhanded swipe: "Those poor Hatfields, as I understand it, were too easy with their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Appalachia: Hatfields and McCoys | 12/14/1981 | See Source »

...slobbery, slurpy sort of lady, as anyone who has watched her TV show can testify: her highest form of praise is a little tickle on the chest. Not a big tickle, mind you, and rarely a rub or a pat. Just a very little tickle, administered by the middle finger of the right hand. "We're never boisterous about praising," she says, "or the dogs get silly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: . . . And Barking Up Another Tree | 12/7/1981 | See Source »

...accident and proves beyond any reasonable doubt that many people had reasons for wanting Silkwood silenced. The case was so volatile that a jury awarded the Silkwood family damages of $10.5 million. But should there be a charge of murder? Kohn cannot be sure. Ultimately, he fails to finger a culprit or offer a principal suspect. All he can do is present a detailed and disturbing mystery story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Notable: Dec. 7, 1981 | 12/7/1981 | See Source »

...prove the decisive factors in this tight tourney. After two games in two days at the Easterns, Harvard had suffered two major casualties and could not have played a third game on the same competitive level. Netminder Janet Judge, who resembled a force-field against UConn despite a broken finger sustained in the semis, will start tomorrow with her fingers wrapped in foam rubber. "There's no way I wasn't going to play," says Judge...

Author: By William A. Danoff, | Title: Third-Seeded Booters Ready to Go | 11/19/1981 | See Source »

...Crimson bench, bolstered by J.V. striker Louy Meachem, turned in a strong game against Yale and should fill in adequately if needed. If Judge should reinjure her finger, reserve goalie Barb Mahon, who led the booters to the Ivy crown three years ago, constitutes a starter-caliber replacement...

Author: By William A. Danoff, | Title: Third-Seeded Booters Ready to Go | 11/19/1981 | See Source »

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