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...stuck in a patch of mud on the far end of the hundredth field I had traversed that day. On the ride back to Cambridge, I kept seeing flashes of The Game. Tiny dots of blue and crimson moving on a field of green. The blue dots were just better that day. Then I thought about the girl at B.U. and the goldfish...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Best Seats In The House | 11/20/1987 | See Source »

Randy was there. In the endzone. Somehow he had managed to slip past a gigantic Crimson secondary and find a patch of open space in the endzone. Just a little batch of green in the corner of the endzone, but Randy was there...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: A Holy Glow After the Crucial Play | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

...lonely time too. While your schoolchums are busy doing the Monster Mash at a Mather House bash, or mixing exotic witch's brews in 10-speed blenders and plastic-coated cauldrons, you may find yourself all by your lonesome, with nothing to do but nurse a paltry patch of goosepimples...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: Halloween Bedtime Stories | 10/31/1987 | See Source »

...Texas oil patch may still be in a horrible slump, but the mood in Houston last weekend was anything but downbeat. As fireworks exploded overhead, city officials opened the $175 million George R. Brown Convention Center, an ultramodern red, white and blue facility with enough floor space to cover 20 football fields. The hall, the eighth largest U.S. convention center, can accommodate up to 35,000 conventioneers. It is expected to help revitalize Houston's economy by pumping $300 million into local businesses every year and creating up to 10,000 jobs in the area. Already, 18 conventions, including...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONVENTIONS: Houston to All: Come on Down! | 10/5/1987 | See Source »

...glitzy gallery is part of the FSLIC's effort to unload some $408 million worth of properties inherited from failed thrift institutions, mostly in the troubled oil-patch states. If investors cannot find something on the selling floor, they might want to bid for the gallery itself. The twelve-story office building that houses the center is available for $12 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REAL ESTATE: Fire Sale in The Oil Patch | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

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