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...movie can offer such tedium in scene after scene and expect to grab and hold the emotions of its audience. It's a shame someone with Paul Simon's talent and knowledge of the music industry could not turn such a potentially interesting story into a better film...

Author: By William F. Powers, | Title: Mellow but Righteous | 11/17/1980 | See Source »

Against the Tar Heels, Judge started in goal and was tested almost right from the start, as North Carolina scored only four minutes into the game to grab a quick 1-0 lead...

Author: By Mike Bass, | Title: Women Booters Capture Third Place at Nationals | 11/17/1980 | See Source »

...however, think of yesterday's game as deja vu. The Q-manoids took care of that by finally squelching the Auteri-to-Cheney touchdown express to grab a 12-6 victory and its own first House championship...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Quincy Eases By SoHo, 12-6, Garners First Gridiron Title | 11/14/1980 | See Source »

...bounces back to beat the Tigers, that community college in New Haven will be assured of at least a tie for the championship. The Brown-Dartmouth and Princeton-Dartmouth (in New Jersey) encounters would then have great significance to determine if either the Bruins or the Big Green will grab a share of the title. Brown concludes its season with what should provea routine game with the Lions in New York. And, of course, that extravaganza known only as The Game always possesses an aura all its own; the victor will achieve a moral triumph...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: The Ivy Plot Thickens | 11/11/1980 | See Source »

...Americas. Canada and Mexico would prefer a Carter victory; they are apprehensive about Reagan. Both regard his vague proposal for a North American common market as a thin disguise for a U.S. attempt to grab their oil, gas and other natural resources. Leftist leaders in Latin America fear that Reagan might bring back big-stick diplomacy. But the continent's right-wing dictators are rooting for Reagan; they think he would soften Carter's human rights policy. Says a high-ranking Argentine military officer: "We want to be treated as allies, not enemies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Praising with Faint Damns | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

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