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The Johnson County War, a bloody skirmish involving cattlemen, rustlers, vigilantes and the U.S. Cavalry in 1892 Wyoming, ranks well below Jenkins' Ear as a minor footnote to history. No longer. In fact, if the Guinness Book of World Records ever devises an entry for History's Most...
The fracas spread to Weld Hall, Holworthy Hall, and other dorms, reaching epic proportions after the blackout, when freshmen emptied from their rooms. Harvard police who attempted to stop the fight were driven back by a shower of snowballs from both sides. The fight ended when the irate freshmen drove...
It took referees Wayne Humiel and Mel Tomalty, clipboards in hand, 15 minutes to stop the fracas and sort out the penalties--four minutes for hitting after the whistle to Colucci, and roughing minors to everyone else on the ice, with the exception of the two goaltenders.
For many New Yorkers, the dispute that led to this year's walkout remained only dimly understood. Though all ten of the city's newspaper unions are by now either officially on strike or honoring the picket lines, the focus of the fracas is a once mighty, now waning band...
Since the Denver cheerleaders are drawn from lithe, ski-slope-burnished Rocky Mountain womanhood, a substantial showdown will occur this Sunday on the Superdome sidelines as well as between the goal lines. It could be more exciting than the game, which?if this year's Super Bowl follows the soporific...