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Despite his love for athletics, Cleary disdains professional sports, calling them boring and meaningless. "I had a chance to play in the NHL, I was on Montreal's protect list for three years, and they offered me some dough--not much for today, but it was something back then--but we never got together," he says. "Everyone said I would regret, not playing pro, but I don't regret...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Billy Cleary's Winning Ways | 2/4/1980 | See Source »

...when most of the African countries boycotted the Montreal Olympic Games, the Western nations said: "Sports and politics should not be mixed." Surprisingly, they are now considering a boycott themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 4, 1980 | 2/4/1980 | See Source »

...MONTREAL--Iranian students in the United States have been flooding Canadian immigration offices with requests for information about transferring to Canadian schools...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Iranian Students | 2/2/1980 | See Source »

Desaulniers' contest, like his other collegiate confrontations, should grant the Crimson a sure win. But the senior from Montreal will not rest content unless Princeton falls. "In 14 of the 16 years before I came here, the team won the championship. But since I got here, we've lost three straight," he says...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Mike Desaulniers | 2/1/1980 | See Source »

...squash at 12, learning the basics from his father, a prominent squash figure in his own right. He travelled up and down the West coast from his Vancouver home, skipping among the squash hotbeds of Seattle, Portland and Victoria to compete on the junior circuit. His family settled in Montreal when Desaulniers was 16 and remains there...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Mike Desaulniers | 2/1/1980 | See Source »

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