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Sure, his "Multi-flex" offense in the last couple of years has been about as popular as the Arsenio Hall show, but the man has been a model of integrity. In this day of big time college football, he has not changed, he has not cheated, and he has fought like mad for what he stands for. As a man, he deserves the honor...

Author: By John C. Ausiello, | Title: Flushing out The Mind | 10/1/1993 | See Source »

While many Harvard students choose to continue to flex their academic muscles for yet more years of schooling, others are trying their hand at full-time employment...

Author: By Sunah N. Kim, | Title: Hard Work, Real Life For Class of '93 | 9/17/1993 | See Source »

While many Harvard students choose to continue to flex their academic muscles for yet more years of schooling, others are trying their hand at full-time employment...

Author: By Sunah N. Kim, | Title: Hard Work, Real Life For Class of '93 | 9/13/1993 | See Source »

Some gear actually does work a little better than the earlier models it is supposed to supersede. At Easton Aluminum's big test lab in California's San Fernando Valley, techies have succeeded in stiffening the "flex" of an arrow's aluminum shaft by thirty-thousandths of an inch. Result? A faster arrow and reduced wind resistance. But after radical sports-gear breakthroughs (big-head tennis racquets and golf clubs, high-back plastic ski boots), the improvements are marginal and often largely cosmetic. Mountain bikes, for instance, are madly popular everywhere, but they are not really all that useful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Geared to The Max | 9/6/1993 | See Source »

...limit of the rulebook. Game officials had to be briefed before each game. (One referee commented that he had difficulty telling which receivers were eligible and which were not, but always gave Restic the benefit of the doubt.) In 1973, former Northeastern Coach Joe Zabilski called the Multi-Flex "the most imaginative offense around, the thing of the future...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: Still Keeping the Faith | 6/10/1993 | See Source »

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