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"You gotta love that guy," a few students say about Mr. Test, the rain-or-shine Mem Hall test proctor who is known for joking and coughing over the speakers during exams. But one student complained last week that Mr. Test maltreated him when he tried to cancel his score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Keeping Track... | 2/13/1982 | See Source »

Although he is not altogether comfortable in the sudden glare of the limelight, Skutnik admits that fame has begun to grow on him. His wife says that he might even feel a twinge of regret when it passes. "When things started to calm down a few days ago, he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Skutnik in Orbit | 2/8/1982 | See Source »

Backstage between sets, the band members are joking around with Psycho, one of their many loyal fans, but the only full-time groupie. She never misses a show, even when Somerville High School is in session.

Author: By Naomi L. Pierce, | Title: Mission Impossible | 2/4/1982 | See Source »

Friedan said about being called a Fellow. "I've been taking a lot of joking about that Obviously its a holdover from the time Fellows were only fellows. But that's no longer the case."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Institute of Politics Picks Betty Friedan As Fellow | 1/5/1982 | See Source »

From the desk next to Kathy's, Sara Chalfen breaks in. "You know, it's funny you would say that, because just the other day I met someone over the phones. I made a slip of the tongue--you know what 'talking backwards' is, like 'balking tackwards'--well, that's...

Author: By Michael W. Miller, | Title: Behind the Lines: | 10/8/1981 | See Source »

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