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...entire QRR operation, one absurd fact has emerged from beneath the mountain of tangled print-outs in the Science Center basement: Almost 200 freshman face a term on academic probation if they do not return to school early next fall and pass an exam which they failed to knock off during the past nine months...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Computer Games | 5/12/1982 | See Source »

Some great international expositions will always be remembered affectionately for their cultural flair and technical innovations. Others, particularly some recent, much ballyhooed U.S. fairs, have left only debts and deserted weed fields. Chances are good, however, that no one will knock the Knoxville fair, which opens this week and closes in October...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: No Knocks for Knoxville | 5/3/1982 | See Source »

With one out, DiChristina debuted his RBI act, singling to give MIT a 2-0 edge. The Engineers threatened to knock Brown out of the box, but the Crimson right handler quelled the uprising and settled down to pitch five score less innings...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Ferguson Shuts Down Crimson Offense As Engineers Overcome Batsmen, 4-2 | 4/28/1982 | See Source »

Even those who support the Reagan program are becoming impatient with the budget process. Says Itek Corp. Chairman Robert Henderson, whose high-tech optical company anticipates "significant" first-quarter losses: "I didn't expect that we would knock out the deficit overnight, but I would like to see some indication that we are really working...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Last Hand of Budget Poker | 4/19/1982 | See Source »

Many of Armani's things for women are too unusual and finely detailed-and thus too expensive-to knock off, but his jackets have been endlessly copied. "You can copy the look," cautions Dawn Mello, executive vice president of Bergdorf Goodman, "but you can never copy the fit." Indeed, Mello's description of wearing an Armani suit goes past simple enthusiasm or even shrewd salesmanship; it sounds like a recollection of a heavy first date. "Armani really put women in suits," she says. "He emancipated them, in a way. A man expects his suits to be very well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Giorgio Armani: Suiting Up For Easy Street | 4/5/1982 | See Source »

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