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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Things got so bad that when McLaughlin heard that Penn guard Anthony Arnolic--who almost single-handedly beat Harvard last year will miss Saturday's encounter because of a thing injury, the coach remarked. That's the first good news I've heard all week...

Author: By Bob Cunha, | Title: Cagers Challenge Jinx, Head South for Weekend | 1/11/1985 | See Source »

...miss it--it's right in the neighborhood...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: A Classical Day in the Neighborhood | 1/9/1985 | See Source »

...allusion, an object, a brand of deodorant, the titles of six poems in a row, even an occasional date. This, son, makes for interesting (if effortless) reading and that is what gets A's. Underline them, capitalize them, inset them in outline form: be sure we don't miss them. Why do you think all exams insist at the top, "Illustrate"; "Be specific"; etc.? They mean it. The illustrations, of course, need not be singularly relevant; but they must be there. If Vague Generalities are anathema, sparkling chips of concrete scattered throughout your blue book will have...

Author: By A Grader and Best Wishes, S | Title: A Graders Reply | 1/9/1985 | See Source »

...MISS FIRECRACKER CONTEST. Holly Hunter, a strumpet-elf in tap shoes, walks onstage and twirls a rifle to the Star-Spangled Banner. Neither she nor Author Beth Henley misfires in this small-town carnival of a comedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Best of 84: Theater | 1/7/1985 | See Source »

Sharlene Wells, a student at Brigham Young, believes, "Because we have conservative values, people underestimate us. But this is Utah's time." She is the current Miss America and finds it "refreshing there is a team that wins all of its games without getting drunk the night before." As the mythical national championship is a kind of beauty contest, a parallel here is hard to resist. Both Wells and the Cougars represent something of an alternative to scandal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Cougars: We Are Too No. 1! | 12/31/1984 | See Source »

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