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...shows came on, or as they read of Bundy's escape from jail in Colorado while they sipped martinis before dinner. Thousands of housewives followed the story on a day-to-day basis, talking about it at the super market while waiting in line in front of the magazine rack...

Author: By F. MARK Muro, | Title: Stalking the Wild Sociopath | 12/2/1980 | See Source »

Believe it or not, the contest began somewhat sanely. Northeastern capitalized on some loose Crimson defense to rack up an early 2-0 lead, but the icemen sliced the lead in half before the first intermission with a last-second goal by Turner...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Huskies Rampage, Tear Icemen, 11-5 | 11/26/1980 | See Source »

...Doobie Brothers rack the hits and stack the charts

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Dancing down the Middle | 11/10/1980 | See Source »

...rest of the book is a cunning, amusing and not always pertinent decoupage of articles centering on Blount's South pole: an amusing essay on the habits of the possum; or the tale of a woman who gets stuck to a dry cleaner's revolving garment rack with Super Glue and spends her days plotting a damage suit with her attorney trotting along beside her as she goes round and round with the cleaning; or Blount's modest proposals for new mass media. One scheme would eliminate the more boring moments of life by "quick cutting" people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fine Red Dirt | 10/20/1980 | See Source »

...useful, the reflexes of antiterrorism must be instantaneous. And though they have saved several of Scott's graduates from trouble, on occasion they can be dangerous. A corporate chauffeur confronted by a man pushing a rack of clothes across a downtown street in Pittsburgh was suspicious enough to gun the car onto the sidewalk, smashing several parking meters in an escape attempt. It was not an attack. Luckily no pedestrians were injured. Though trying to drive around a roadblock is the worst thing to do - it exposes you to broadside fire - the chauffeur's startled boss gave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In West Virginia: Drive for Life | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

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