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...thought to be dead at birth in Málaga on Oct. 25, 1881. Then his uncle Salvador Ruiz, a celebrated Spanish physician who had delivered the boy, calmly puffed cigar smoke up the baby's nose, provoking howls of protest. Thus did Picasso embark on 91 years of rugged life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Trajectories of Genius | 5/26/1980 | See Source »

...three weeks later, the falseness of that proposition was driven home: Harvard did a nose dive in the Nationals. At its peak, Harvard could up end a national power that was saving something for those Nationals; but that Championship meet showed that, Harvard University, is still a long way from athletic superstardom on a large-scale level...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous | 5/21/1980 | See Source »

...Harvard attackwoman suffered a broken nose but stayed in the game, firing the final shot of her season just minutes later. The ball was wide by a few inches, and the Tigers passed it down the field to freshman superstar Kris Brower, who fired it past Nancy Boutillier to ice the victory for Princeton...

Author: By James N. Woodruff, | Title: Laxwomen Finish Seventh in Nation | 5/12/1980 | See Source »

...environmentalist-turned-political-activist who received the near unanimous endorsement of the delgates as presidential candidate, put it more plainly when he accepted his nomination: "We are the people who are going to help our fellow Americans smile when they go into the voting booth, instead of holding their nose...

Author: By Douglas L. Tweedale, | Title: Born-Again Populism | 5/2/1980 | See Source »

...muscular senior with the classic Roman nose doesn't spend all his time throwing hammers. Teammates describe him as a Bob Dylan "fanatic." A chagrinned Lenz thinks the addiction must be the philosophy major surfacing...

Author: By Sara J. Nicholas, | Title: Champion and Pioneer in a Neglected Sport | 5/1/1980 | See Source »

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