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...married eight times and ordered at least one of his wives murdered. The Tsar found he enjoyed killing and torture almost as much as sex and prayer. With his sadistic elder son, also named Ivan, he would turn wild bears loose in the public square and watch them maul passersby. Suspecting that the elders of Novgorod were making overtures to Poland, father and son spent five weeks supervising the slow deaths of as many as 60,000 of the city's inhabitants. All along, Ivan felt that he was doing heaven's work. "Having beaten, flayed, pincered, quartered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Butchery | 6/18/1984 | See Source »

Harvard sports fans recognized STEPHANIE WALSH, former women's swim coach, who dropped by to watch the women's soccer team maul B.U., 9-0, October 12. Walsh now sells insurance in Boston for Equitable Life and received "Agent of the Month" honors for September. Says Walsh, who jogs and swims, "I'm happy, but busy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hoop Squads Start Winter Workouts | 10/24/1981 | See Source »

...game went into overtime, Harvard huddled before kicking off and Bott outlined two moves to catch UMass off-guard. First, Bott would kick the ball uncharacteristically deep, hoping that a ruck or maul would form before the defenders could run or kick the ball upfield...

Author: By Steven J. Rosston, | Title: Killer B's Take Tourney | 4/28/1981 | See Source »

...other's heads, but their heads are the arena from which they will never escape. In Lone Star, a Viet Nam veteran named Roy (Patrick Tovatt) longs to escape from a changed Texas and preserve the past of his youthful high jinks. He loves to guzzle beer and maul his button-headed brother Ray (Leo Burmester), and worships his 1959 pink Thunderbird convertible. When that is totaled by Cletis (Peter Bartlett), the moment of maturity arrives. McLure's effervescent gift for black comedy makes both of these plays bubble with the champagne of laughter. - T.E. Kalem

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Third Running of the Derby | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

During the first half of the C contest things followed much the same pattern--good defense, not much offense, no scoring. But early in the second half Brown took a 4-0 lead on a 25 yard run for a try off a maul...

Author: By Keith Salkowski, | Title: Verdict for Ruggers at Brown: One Win, One Loss, One Tie | 10/31/1977 | See Source »

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