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...soccer. Harvard by a nose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: More Competition | 11/19/1981 | See Source »

...boiled down to a very few words based on the discovery that colds are transmitted person to person, most often by hand. The best, still imperfect cold avoidance program thus consists of washing the hands frequently when colds are about and keeping the hands away from the nose and eyes. The state of the art of curing the cold is simpler still: there is no cure. The adage holds: with proper treatment a cold can be ended in seven days, but otherwise it lasts a week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Secret Life of the Common Cold | 11/16/1981 | See Source »

...provide proof of the claim. Some folk remedies out of folklore (rub socks with onions, coat body with Vaseline) are hard to consider with a straight face, and a great many others irresistibly bring to mind Robert Benchley's personal anticold regimen: "Don't breathe through your nose or mouth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Secret Life of the Common Cold | 11/16/1981 | See Source »

Whatever the case may be, the action tomorrow will be closely contested. But the picks here are Quincy and Kirkland by a nose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Watch Out--Here They Come: The House Football Playoffs | 11/10/1981 | See Source »

...glad everyone thinks Owner George Steinbrenner calls all the shots. With two on but also two out in the fourth inning, Lemon pulled Starting Pitcher Tommy John from a 1 -1 game for Pinch Hitter Bobby Murcer. "I just wanted some runs," sighed Lemon, the bulb of his nose dimming out the way a third of the Yankee Stadium lights had for 9 min. in the third inning. Murcer flied out, and Reliever George Frazier came on. "Also, I thought Frazier's luck was due to change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Beating the New York Jinx | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

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