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...first three miles of the five-mile course, the Crimson stayed with the awesome Princeton pack, but as the Tigers accelerated, the Harvard harriers faded. Princeton's lead man finished over a minute ahead of Peter Jelly, the Crimson's top finisher, in a course record time...

Author: By Gwen Knapp, | Title: Eli, Tiger Harriers Fall to Women, Bury Men | 10/24/1981 | See Source »

Take, for example, my favorite article in the parody, a feature on the people of Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, whose children have been turned into household appliances by radiation. The tone is perfect--genuine concern for the tragic victims, yet with a sense that everything will turn out all right in the end. The relentless good cheer comes through mostly in the writing. Snappy puns and appealing alliteration make everything seem a little less gloomy. To wit: "Some people, however, are wearing their nuclear designer genes with a smile...(or)...the problem has the Middletown populace as irritated as they...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Wealth and Puberty | 10/21/1981 | See Source »

...captions. The design and photography--by Mel J. Horan and Nevin I. Shalit respectively-- make a big difference in the parody's professional look. The pictures reflect the writing style exactly--clear and non-judgmental, with no attempts at high art or even real insight. Particularly in the Three Mile Island article and a funny (if too-long) feature on a boxing nun, the camera's sympathetic eye gives the pieces an uncanny People feel...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Wealth and Puberty | 10/21/1981 | See Source »

...Crimson side that opened the second half regained the form of the match's opening minutes. But there were two differences: the 20-mile-per-hour wind was now in the booters' faces, and this time, after 14 minutes, they scored...

Author: By L. JOSEPH Garcia, | Title: Booters Match BU, 1-1, in Rollercoaster Ride | 10/20/1981 | See Source »

...model of British politics, the Social Democratic Party chartered a special train (promptly dubbed the "Flying Moderate" by some, the "Smoked Salmon Special" by others) for its first conference last week and took its show on the road for a rollicking six-day, three-city, thousand-mile extravaganza. The tour ingeniously gave each of the party's four leaders, Roy Jenkins, Shirley Williams, William Rodgers and David Owen, who are all former Labor Cabinet ministers, a chance to have a turn in the spotlight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: In Training | 10/19/1981 | See Source »

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