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Last year Dartmouth changed its nickname to the Woodsmen. Now that's just plain degrading. It's like your team is playing against the cast from a Walt Disney movie. Word has it the grid squad is putting decals of Paul Bunyan on the side of their helmets for Saturday's game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Poisoned Dartmouth | 10/13/1977 | See Source »

...honor the dead. And especially interesting is a silvered-iron mask of a man's face with rough cast-iron "hair" made in the first century A.D. More spontaneous in spirit is the bronze "Horseman" cavorting, only three inches high yet painstakingly, masterfully fashioned. Ostentation, heroism, eroticism and plain whimsy--all are here. Collections of such variety are rare indeed. Veritable treasures...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Centaurs' Treasure | 10/12/1977 | See Source »

...least at that stage of her life, motivated by ideas. It was wonderful. It's hard if you're an actress to have to portray women who on some level are either neurotic or lacking in something-desperately needing the love of a man, or just plain superficial. Whenever a man-woman relationship comes along, there's always some game playing, and this was a film where there was no game playing. Lillian was relentlessly what she was, you know, as was Julia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Growing Fonda of Jane | 10/3/1977 | See Source »

There'll be a new champion, that's plain...

Author: By Carl A. Esterhay, | Title: Shavers Plans to Trim Ali | 9/29/1977 | See Source »

...every first name sends forth "psychological vibrations" that affect our lives. Summarizing four studies that sampled public reaction to first names, Andersen, who writes for PEOPLE magazine, lists "894 Names and What They Really Mean." The results will displease people named Martha -which psychologically vibrates to mean "unexciting"-Patricia (plain), Mark (spoiled) and Basil (sinister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: The Name Game | 9/26/1977 | See Source »

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