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With nine victories in their last ten games, including a five-game sweep of the hapless Mets, the red-hot St. Louis Cardinals appear destined -- for the second consecutive year -- to compile the best mark in the National League East. Without last season's strike-induced machinations to deny them their deserved post-season invitation, the Cardinals are primed to battle in the National League Championship Playoffs for the first time ever...

Author: By Jonathan B. Losos, | Title: A Playoff Appearance Is In the Cards | 9/23/1982 | See Source »

...word is out that while we were away, administrators and scientists found that Harvard's ivy also momentarily blinds oncoming motorists, causing countless accidents: drips poison from its leaves on hapless schoolchildren who happen to walk too near, and communicates herpes from room to room of the buildings on which it grows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Agenda for the Year | 9/20/1982 | See Source »

...McCabe--83 yards on 20 carries, one TD--and McGugan tandem looked especially sharp in contrast to the inept Columbia backs. Although tailback Tom Norton rushed for a respectable 70 yards on 19 carries, his hapless mates combined for -9 yards to bring the Lions' total to 61 overall...

Author: By Gwen Knapp, | Title: Gridders Trample Lions in Season Opener, 27-16 | 9/20/1982 | See Source »

...word is out that while we were away, administrators and scientists found that Harvard's Ivy also momentarily blinds oncoming motorists, causing countless accidents; drips poison from its leaves on hapless schoolchildren who happen to walk too near, and communicates herpes from room to room of the buildings on which it grows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Agenda for the Year | 9/17/1982 | See Source »

...word is out that while we were away, administrators and scientists found that Harvard's ivy also momentarily blinds oncoming motorists, causing countless accidents: drips poison from its leaves on hapless schoolchildren who happen to walk too near, and communicates herpes from room to room of the buildings on which it grows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Agenda for the Year | 9/16/1982 | See Source »

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