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Gold! It has again become the stuff of greedy legend. Once coveted by kings as a gift from the gods, guarded by dragons, bloodily pursued by conquistadors and hapless Forty-Niners, it is sought today as the world's safest and most dramatically rewarding investment in what seems to be a steadily sinking world economy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In South Dakota: Gold Diggers of '79 | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

After suffering an opening loss to Villanova, UMass came back to thrash a hapless Maine squad last Saturday, 38-14. They also lost a scrimmage with Columbia early in the season, but the transitive law, though it works in mathematics, does not necessarily apply to college football (what laws do?), and as Harvard coach Joe Restic said yesterday, "We have no way of knowing what players played and for how long...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Football Squad Fit to Face Saturday's Battle With UMass | 9/27/1979 | See Source »

Unfortunately, the rumors were unfounded. The gossip circulating through the ranks of eastern cross country buffs that Providence College was finally beatable were proved disappointingly untrue as the Friars totally outclassed the Crimson in a trimeet with hapless UMass, 21-39-69, yesterday afternoon at Franklin Park...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Harriers Bow to Friars, Top UMass | 9/26/1979 | See Source »

Princeton at Dartmouth--Big Green quarterback Buddy Teevens is gone, but the kids from New Hampshire look big and strong. If they can make up for the loss of Teeven's arm, they would vie for the title. Against hapless Princeton, an easy 35-12 win, especially with the hometown Hanover animals cheering...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A New Year: Prayer Before Entering the Lions' Den | 9/22/1979 | See Source »

Benavides is leading an international public relations campaign to get members of the La Paz Convention to extend the treaty. Unless he succeeds, and that is a long shot, government hunters in the Pampa Galeras could start a truly open season on the hapless beasts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Hapless Vicu | 7/16/1979 | See Source »

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