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...bruised easily and feared penetration." As compensation, he brings a succession of sad, passionless women to his office, and there on the couch Bobby proceeds to make sad, passionless love. Between affairs, the magazine writer cranks out puff pieces about celebrities. He hates his life, his frustrating marriage, the hack work that gets him through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Freelance the Cheat | 1/14/1985 | See Source »

...anything, and we may be married. Write on both sides of the page--single bluebook finals look like less work to grade, and win points. This chic, shaded calligraphic script so many are affecting lately is handsome, and is probably worth a good five extra pints if you can hack...

Author: By A Grader and Best Wishes, S | Title: A Graders Reply | 1/9/1985 | See Source »

...several generations of M.I.T. engineers, the subway prank was known as the ultimate "hack," the rare practical joke clever and elegant enough to be worthy of one of the world's most prestigious technical schools. Today the best and the brightest technology students are more likely to be found hanging around a computer system than a subway system. But they still call themselves hackers, and although they insist they have been misunderstood, their relationship with the public is once again on the skids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Let Us Now Praise Famous Hackers | 12/3/1984 | See Source »

Last year was the year to "hack" the undergraduate council, Lyss said, but this year its progress is more visible, the main reason he cited for the council's ability to attract contestants...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Experiences Rise in Candidates | 9/29/1984 | See Source »

...secret weapon to get his tanks by Normandy's dense hedgerows. A sergeant in the 2nd Armored Division devised a way to attach to the front of a tank a pair of saw-toothed tusks, made from the steel barricades that once obstructed the landing beaches. These tusks could hack through a hedgerow in a few minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: D-Day: Every Man Was a Hero A Military Gamble that Shaped History | 5/28/1984 | See Source »

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