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...terror; her acid-tongued remarks stung any who didn't toe the party line. When Daley died, Byrne, who had made few friends in the Machine aside from the boss, lost it all. Bilandic finally fired her as sales commissioner after she made a desperate publicity-grab by accusing him of "greasing the skids" for a taxi fare increase, an as-yet unsubstantiated charge...

Author: By Jon Alter, | Title: Chicago's Dragon Lady | 3/1/1979 | See Source »

...Eagles popped in a loose puck with ten seconds left in the first period to grab a lead they never relinquished, then added two quickies early in the second before coasting to victory over the Crimson skaters, still a bit disappointed about last weekend's double-defeat at the Ivy Tournament in Providence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Game Declared Scrimmage; Eagles Outskate Icewomen, 7-2 | 2/27/1979 | See Source »

...Khomeini men soon began to escort the American hostages out of the embassy. Several emerged, guarding an obviously frightened Oriental employee. Some young men and women ran toward the captive and tried to grab him and beat him, but the rescuers lowered their guns and ordered people to leave him alone. Moments later, an American holding a blue sport coat in his hand was escorted from the building. Somebody rushed up behind him and punched him in the head several times before his guardian fended off the assailant by firing shots into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Yankee, We've Come to Do You In | 2/26/1979 | See Source »

Sola Mahoney registered an admirable performance, soaring to a 21-ft. 9-in. leap to grab the laurels in the long jump. Mahoney also took second in the triple jump...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Princeton Edges Thinclads To Take Big Three Meet | 2/20/1979 | See Source »

...companies believe their devices will build up a new home-entertainment industry that will complement rather than compete with the more expensive VTRS. They also hope to grab a share of the $2.4 billion a year that Americans currently lay out for movie admissions and the $3.5 billion they spend on records and tapes; when hooked up to a stereo system, videodiscs produce a better sound quality than regular records...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Disc Duel | 2/19/1979 | See Source »

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