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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...minutes leading-up to the Crimson explosion saw the Eli's forge a narrow lead as they managed to disrupt Harvard's normally fast-skating attack. Yale forced a sloppily-played game in which the Crimson offense, plagued by a frequent inability to capitalize on its scoring chances, was effectively stymied...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: Icewomen Score Three Late in Third, Rally to Muzzle Scrappy Bulldogs, 4-2 | 2/8/1982 | See Source »

...every landing and ladders in every basement. Every editorial writer has one weak spot, one small thing that gets under his skin and rankles. With FDR, it was the condition of the paths between buildings on the campus. They were often, in a word, muddy, and Roosevelt made frequent mention of that fact in the columns of The Crimson. He began his campaign for board sidewalks in early January: "Many years of complaint and 'Lampoon' caricatures have not succeeded in materially improving the condition of the paths in the weather that is generally associated with Cambridge in winter, and wide...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Roosevelt and The Crimson | 1/29/1982 | See Source »

...that they acquired in 1970. The 20-room mansion was somewhat small by Newport standards, and the Von Billows were not birthright members of the "summer colony," but it was not long before they were pillars of local society. They entertained on a lavish scale. Says one frequent guest: "You go to John Doe's house for an informal visit and expect a gin and tonic. At Sunny's house, you got imported champagne." The party celebrating Alexander's 21st birthday was especially memorable. Women in white dresses carrying parasols and men in white suits and straw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case of the Sleeping Beauty | 1/25/1982 | See Source »

...thighs. But at last there seems to be some compensation for the pear-shaped. (No, not another grapefruit diet.) According to Dr. Ahmed Kissebah of the Medical College of Wisconsin, overweight women whose body fat is concentrated below the waist run a relatively low risk of contracting diabetes, a frequently serious disease that disrupts the normal metabolism of sugar into energy and afflicts one out of 20 Americans. Conversely, Kissebah warns, women with what he calls "upper-body obesity" (excess fat deposited mainly around the waist, chest, neck and arms) are high-risk candidates for the disorder, which may cause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Solace for the Pear-Shaped | 1/25/1982 | See Source »

Roommates, they shared a fondness for all contests, and if the Marriott Hotels that the N.F.L. teams frequent did not feature rumpus rooms buzzing with electronic whizbangers, DeBerg and Montana might have played checkers with match sticks on the tiles of the bathroom. "We could never quit," Joe laughs, "because somebody was always behind." Then he stops laughing. "It was unspoken, but we both knew. At practice, if one of us threw a pass that wobbled, the other would quack like a duck. We teased each other into staying friends, but we knew one eventually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joe Montana: Perfect Timing, Joe: | 1/25/1982 | See Source »

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