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...cuts a strikingly distinctive figure. Generally tall and strapping, he sports a thick beard and, over his uncut hair, a turban wrapped of 15 ft. of elegantly coiled and pleated cloth. He takes as one of his names "Singh" (lion). He does not smoke or chew tobacco, and he eats the meat only of an animal that has been slain with one decisive stroke. In accordance with his religion, he at all times wears the five Ks: kes (long hair); kach (short trousers); kara (a steel bracelet on his right wrist); kangha (a comb); and kirpan (a curved dagger). Holding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lions of Punjab | 11/12/1984 | See Source »

Three minutes later Kenworthy put a Miles Welch pass on the scoreboard after some strange bounces in the area. One minute after that, Singh, whose name means "lion" in Punjabi, used his catlike reflexes to jump up in a crowd and head a Nicholas cross over Fenningdorf...

Author: By Kevin Carter, | Title: Kenworthy Shines; Booters Rout Tufts | 11/1/1984 | See Source »

...diesel-powered submarines and at least two Han-class nuclear-powered attack subs, China does not have a navy capable of projecting power worldwide. The conventional subs cannot venture far beyond coastal waters and are highly vulnerable to sonar detection. Nonetheless, China's navy has been receiving the lion's share of modernization funds. Its current manpower of 360,000 is more than double its 1970 strength, and the number of Chinese combat vessels has tripled to more than 300 since 1980. Behind the sped-up naval expansion program lie fears of the growing Soviet presence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: Snappy Birthday, Comrades | 10/15/1984 | See Source »

...that game Fenerty set six Holy Cross records, one New England record, and one NCAA record. To get a grasp of what he actually did to the Lion team, understand that Fenerty scored six touchdowns and averaged 18.7 yards per carry in that one game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Remembering The Tie | 9/29/1984 | See Source »

Specifically, he shook Lion linemen, played superbly on past coverage, and shut down the corners that Harvard had to control to contain the suprisingly competent Columbia offense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BRENT WILKINSON | 9/25/1984 | See Source »

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