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...debaters yesterday found themselves arguing such resolutions as "The kid is not my son," "I stink, therefore I am:" "It is the burnout of almost everyone;" and "The meek shall inherit the mirth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Off the Cuff Debate | 10/22/1983 | See Source »

...influence does not guarantee indulgence. As the great Russian scrutinizes the great Spaniard, revisionism becomes the order of the day. Sancho's celebrated proverbs are in fact "not very mirth provoking . . . The corniest modern gag is funnier." Don Quixote's attempts to act like an old cavalier show "a rather limited schoolboyish imagination in the way of pranks." As for the author, "Cervantes. . . seems to have had alternate phases of lucidity . . . and sloppy vagueness, much as his hero was mad in patches." Don and squire wander and blunder through Spain, tilting at customs and rituals, obscure priests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Long Shadow | 4/25/1983 | See Source »

Freidel made the point that the more he got to know about F.D.R., the better he found him to be as a President. Hatfield contended that Hoover would be judged by history not as a President who ended an era but as a man who began one Nash brought mirth when the discussion turned to the press: Hoover once said that any President should have the right to shoot at least two people a year without explanation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Taking Notes for History | 2/28/1983 | See Source »

...percent and Bradley's 10 percent. National polls now show he has pulled ahead of the Ohio Senator, and campaign manager Howard Cosell exults. "We can almost taste it now, right, Dandy Don?" The candidate himself is gleeful at his upset. "Of my talents there can be no mirth/ I brought the Spaceman down to Earth," he declares...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Only in America...' | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

...team is made up almost exclusively of freshmen and sophomores. Despite the relative youth of the St. Louis players, the squad is one of the most feared in the Central Women's Soccer ranks The smothering UMSI defense led by freshman goalie Roth Harker and her classmate fullback Leslie Mirth has recorded 12 shutouts and allowed only four goals all season. With such impressive defensive statistics, it is not surprising that the team is still unbeaten sporting a 130-3 records that includes a win over UNC and a 0-0 be with Central Florida...

Author: By Becky Hartman, | Title: Women Booters to Face UMSL Today, Match-Up Pits Old Guard Against New | 11/13/1982 | See Source »

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