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Funk spends all day and all evening hanging around the mall. The patriarch of the rat community, he boasts that he "has been her through about three generations of mall rats." Apparently pleasant though somewhat passive, he understands his situation, but can't muster up enough energy to do anything about it, saying, "I'm unemployed and I really don't have anything else to do or anywhere else to go, because of my lifestyle...

Author: By David M. Rosenfeld, | Title: Concrete Culture | 2/26/1983 | See Source »

...Explorers, who may have been looking ahead to their conference championship meet next weekend, could not muster enough muscle to pose a serious challenge to Harvard. The aquamen grabbed nine of 13 first-place finishes in the meet...

Author: By L. JOSEPH Garcia, | Title: Men's Swimming | 2/19/1983 | See Source »

Academic involvement in military, government, and corporate research continues. But without the other stimuli of the 1960s, students are far less likely to muster significant opposition to the way their schools operate. The pressure that foster pervasive careerism only further decrease the chances that students will spend much time on issues they can easily dismiss as "the way things...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett president, | Title: A Parting Shot | 2/2/1983 | See Source »

...also moved carefully in his rapprochement with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, with whom he would like to negotiate a no-war pact, and in his efforts to keep lines of communications open to the nettlesome Khomeini regime in Tehran. Zia will need all the political acumen he can muster if he is to negotiate successfully the narrow, obstacle-ridden path he has chosen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan: Turnabout | 12/13/1982 | See Source »

...game started slowly, however as both teams traded possessions, while neither could muster an impressive assault. Senior striker Kelly Landry brought the Crimson to life, though when her shot at 23 minutes just missed, hitting the top of the Bulldog goal. Harvard kept pressure on the Yale defense throughout the rest of the first half, but only came away with Field's score...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Women Booters Nip Yale; Field Nets Winning Goal | 11/17/1982 | See Source »

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