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Like many Americans, Rusty Wallace likes to take the car for a spin on a Sunday afternoon. But Wallace is hardly your typical Sunday driver out on a jaunt in the countryside. Helmeted, buckled up and clad in a fireproof jumpsuit, he averages about 150 m.p.h. in his 670-horsepower gold-on-black Pontiac and is usually hotly pursued by a roaring pack of heavily decaled Chevys, Fords and Chryslers. A Wallace outing, in short, is like a scene from the current Tom Cruise movie about stock-car racing, Days of Thunder. And no wonder: Wallace is the world-champion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Real-Life Days of Thunder | 7/30/1990 | See Source »

Keys Plays: With the Quakers trailing, 17-7, early in the fourth period, Penn was knocking on the door with a second-and-goal from the Harvard 3-yd. line on a drive highlighted by running back Bryan Keys' 47-yd. jaunt. But the Harvard defense slammed the door on Keys and his offensive unit...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: The Stadium is Unkind to the Quakers | 11/15/1989 | See Source »

...receive a coupon book that will get you into most Harvard sporting events for free and will get you discounts for the really big events like The Game or the hockey playoffs. Most of the time, all you'll need is a coupon and a coat for that windy jaunt across the Charles River...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Harvard, the Haven for Armchair Athletes | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

...compiled a good list of subjects, including Bart the gas pumper, Yi the Cambodian high school student at the bus stop and "Jhon" the construction worker. It made our jaunt sound more like a trip around Mr. Roger's Neighborhood than interviewing...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Going After the News | 5/3/1989 | See Source »

Harvard faced some of the strongest teams in the nation during its annual spring jaunt through southern California, finishing with a record...

Author: By Mia Kang, | Title: M. Tennis | 4/3/1989 | See Source »

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