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There's nothing peculiar about buying the booklet either, even if you consider yourself too "pure" to memorize monster sequences and con tips like "Play the corners individually for maximum point potential and downright fun." "For just $2.25 the editors of Consumer Guide can give you invaluable insights on the game's larger implications. Just turn to the "Testimonials" section on the last page where Jim, age 26, high score 115,400, advises...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Wokkawokkawokkawok | 2/26/1982 | See Source »

Only a few years ago, American risk taking almost dried up. In 1969 Congress increased from 25% to 49% :he maximum tax on long-term capital gains-the profit made by an investor on the sale of stocks, real estate and other property...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Striking It Rich: A new breed of risk takers is betting on the high-technology future | 2/15/1982 | See Source »

Judge Walter E. Steele's sentence in the case also caused controversy. Although they could have received a maximum sentence of 60 years--20 years for each rape--Steele sentenced the three doctors to serve only three to five years in prison and suspended all but six months of the sentence with a year's probation after release. The average sentence for a rape conviction in Massachusetts is 11 years and the minimum recommended is 19 months...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: The Medical Profession on Trial | 2/11/1982 | See Source »

...LITTLE to find fault with in Hayman's presentation. Sticking closely to Kafka's letters and diaries, which together form a most extensive record of his inner life, and quoting liberally therefrom, he is not obtrusive. His analytical passages seem to have been inserted into the narrative with maximum concern for short. American attention spans; they are humble and mostly insightful, free of excessive jargon-mongering, aware of the crushing bulk of Kafka criticism and content to suggest the clearest connections to the immediate moment of his life. If there are any complaints, they are that he is sometimes...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Edelstein, | Title: Life With Father | 2/9/1982 | See Source »

...data to reconstruct its takeoff. The Boeing 737 took 47 sec. rather than the usual 30 sec. to reach its lift-off speed of 147 knots, thus putting it farther down the runway than normal when it ascended. The plane stayed aloft less than 30 sec. and reached a maximum height of 337 ft. when it should have been much higher. Investigators are looking into the possibility that runway slush slowed the plane on takeoff. They also wonder whether ice formed on the aircraft or its engines before it plunged into the Potomac, killing 78 people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two Who Slipped Away | 2/8/1982 | See Source »

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