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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Defensive Line: A solid, but unexceptional group. Sophomore tackle Mike O'Flynn is a young gun. Junior nose guard Matt Kelley (6-ft., 1-in., 250-lbs.) and junior tackle Kevin Luensmann (6-ft., 2-in., 245-lbs.) are big enough. But is this crew good enough to stop Hinz and pressure Yohe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Scouting Report | 10/15/1988 | See Source »

...citizen of this former Dutch colony to win an Olympic medal. Biondi, leading at 98 meters, was caught awkwardly between strokes and, a relative newcomer to the fly, tried to glide to the wall. "I was afraid if I took another stroke, what would touch first would be my nose," he explained gloomily. But Nesty, who won the same race in the Pan American Games last year, belonged on the Olympic victory stand, and so did a surprising number of athletes from countries whose representatives used to disappear in the prelims. What happened long ago in track was now evident...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Splashes Of Class And Acts of Heroism | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

...believed it, that Evans owes her success to her "little skinny muscles," which are too small, he was sure, to store painful quantities of fatigue-producing lactic acid. "Look at this," said the 6-ft. 7-in. Biondi, sticking one huge arm under a reporter's nose. "I get all filled up with the stuff, and it hurts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Splashes Of Class And Acts of Heroism | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

...last week attempted to quantify penalties for illegal assaults. Under guidelines sent to the country's 27,710 magistrates, attackers can be forced, in effect, to compensate their victims by the punch. Sample penalties: $84 for a simple graze, $168 for a black eye, $1,428 for a broken nose, $2,940 for a fractured jaw and as much as $13,440 for a serious facial scar. Said Home Office Minister John Patten: "I am anxious that the victims get a better deal." As for the bad guys, sock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Socking It to The Bad Guys | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

Defensive Line: All members of the Minutemen's front three are back from last year. Then how do you explain the fact that the UMass defense has allowed nearly 600 yards a game? All-Yankee conference nose tackle Joe Cullen is the leader of the line. He is flanked by Dan Charron and Steve Brothers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Scouting Report | 9/24/1988 | See Source »

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