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...smart thoroughfare filled with fashionable shops just off New Bond Street, a daring crime was in progress. As the crowds streamed past the armored glass windows of Bonds jewelers' as yet unopened store, the staff inside was being held at gunpoint by five men, three disguised in monkey masks. After forcing the employees to open the vault, the robbers rifled trays of uncut gems and antique Indian jewelry, strewing less valuable items on the floor. Thirty minutes later they escaped with a haul valued at $15.7 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Stop and Think | 7/4/1983 | See Source »

...study of juvenile delinquency in Japan and an investigation of the behavior of the brown howler monkey are among the 21 undergraduate academic projects named yesterday as the first winners of the $1500 Hoopes prize...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 21 Student Projects Win New $1500 Hoopes Prizes | 6/8/1983 | See Source »

...sniggered as clips were shown of an elephant's trunk probing a zoo warden's crotch and an overly affectionate orangutan tweaking a newswoman's breast.. On a clip from Hollywood Squares, the late Paul Lynde replied to a question about what can make a monkey cry: "Learning that Tarzan swings both ways." This was hardly a blooper, and considering the double-entendres that Lynde regularly got away with, it is hard to imagine why this was censored in the first place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: What Was Lucy's Baby's Name? | 5/23/1983 | See Source »

...Harvard men's volleyball team got a persistent monkey off its back Saturday night at the IAB, overwhelming defending champion Princeton, 15-9, 15-8, to capture its first-ever Ivy title...

Author: By Mohammed Kashani-sabet, | Title: Spikers Nab First Ivy Championship, Down Princeton in Final, 15-9, 15-8 | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

Secondly, maybe Sections 10 through 13 should consider the tennis ball barrages to be history. If nothing is thrown on the ice, maybe the monkey's of this world won't become unnecessarily inspired. A downpour of "Sieves" is probably more devastating to a goalie's psyche, anyway. And it's a whole lot safer...

Author: By Michael Bann, | Title: A Not-So-Bright Night | 2/14/1983 | See Source »

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