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Dooley referred Saturday to the consistent forward in terms that underlined her dangerous scoring ability, calling the sophomore his "spark plug," and describing her play as "dynamite...

Author: By Ken Segel, | Title: Maine-iacs Cut Loose in Bright | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

...spark plug off the bench has to be Co-Captain Anne Kelly, who is presently enjoying the best of her three seasons with the Crimson. The senior from Garden City, N.Y., has improved on both her field goal and free throw shooting percentages from a year ago, ranks third on the team in assists (16), and always seems to make something happen when she comes into a game...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: A Slam-Duncan Performance | 1/8/1986 | See Source »

...wonders of the U.S. In a big old touring car with Warren Harding in Yellowstone in 1923, Albright told the President he had sealed off the road and "it will be 20 miles before we see another soul." Harding joyously pulled out some chewing tobacco, cut himself a generous plug and rumbled toward Old Faithful, expertly spitting the juice over his shoulder and "neatly clearing the side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Present At the Preservation | 12/23/1985 | See Source »

...Ambassador Bosworth dismisses the possibility, arguing that Filipinos, unlike Iranians, support "change through elections." Also, there is no mass movement in the Philippines that parallels Iran's Fundamentalist Muslim wave. Marcos, analysts say, has only one thing in common with the Shah: a fear that Washington may pull the plug on an old friend. The Reagan Administration has thus far held firm to its strategy of coaxing reforms from Marcos by rewarding steps toward moderation. Given the mounting resistance both on Capitol Hill and in the streets of Manila, however, that course, like the Marcos regime, may come under increasing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines Patience Is Running Thin | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

...morning routine, the toasted slice bread, has met with more abuse that Caspar Weinberger at a Harvard Forum. Innocent slices of ordinary commercial bread are slowly baking drier than the University plans to make this campus. And all by a gleaming chrome technological fiasco with an industrial-size plug that looks like it was salvaged from one of the early electric chairs...

Author: By Barne C. Ellis, | Title: Charred Mornings | 11/6/1985 | See Source »

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