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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...somewhat sloppily written, repetitive, and in its structure often resembles an Expository Writing position paper. But it is painstakingly researched--offering numerous documents and quotes from sources Sproat has interviewed--and it makes its point. Wodehouse, it seems clear, was no traitor, Perhaps this book will finally lift that title from his name...

Author: By Charles W. Slack, | Title: Clearing Wodehouse's Name | 11/16/1981 | See Source »

...break in the center set up Harvard's go-ahead try. Outside center Keith O'Hanna tossed the ball to Mark Cooley, who dashed forward, dived to the three, and skidded across for the score to lift the Crimson to a 13-9 edge...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Ruggers Bounce Back in Second Half, Overtake Boston Club 'B' Squad, 19-9 | 11/16/1981 | See Source »

Columbia's new mission is aborted 31 seconds before lift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Gunk Grounds the Second Shuttle | 11/16/1981 | See Source »

...high-level arm-twisting should be the highlight of the space shuttle Columbia 's second flight, slated to begin with another thunderous Florida lift-off at 7:30 a.m., E.S.T., this Wednesday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Putting an Arm on Space | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

...admits Rense, is "not linguine or Louis Quatorze." But she is convinced that her upbeat formula can lift circulation to 500,000 and put the magazine into the black. She plans articles about travel, exploration, anthropology and archaeology, some of them written in the first person. "I think people enjoy reading about people." The magazine will be redesigned, starting with the cover, whose thick green border confused readers and newsstand dealers; it was hard to tell issues apart. Rense anticipates "close, intense involvement with Geo for the first six months," returning from Manhattan to her home in Beverly Hills most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Geo Goes Upbeat-and Uptown | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

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