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...second half opened, the Crimson kept Ram goalie Deborah Robson as busy as the U.S. Marines, shelling her with a constant barrage of shots on goal. A stellar defensive effort kept the Crimson off the scoreboard, though, until junior Trina Burnham smacked one home with 23 minutes left...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Shivering Stickwomen slip by URI | 10/26/1983 | See Source »

That said, Crichton manages to create a believable human framework for micromachines. Electronic Life is a casual, alphabetized guidebook, with a brief initiation into high-tech jargon (RAM, ROM, kilobyte) and arcana (magnetic fields, artificial intelligence and dedicated machines). The process is reassuring for the technophobic. "Fear of computers is normal," writes Crichton. "A certain amount of kicking and screaming is useful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: A How-to for Have-Nots | 10/24/1983 | See Source »

...union scandal, those are also the standard ingredients of the oil business, Mexican-style. The sordid revelations are the latest, and most titillating, evidence of the widespread corruption that flourished under President Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado's predecessor, José López Portillo. Last week Senator Ramón Martínez Martín, a former leader of the teachers' union, called for a complete investigation of the allegations of wrongdoing. If proved, he said, the charges against one of Mexico's largest unions "would be considered crimes against the economy and against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico: Oil Union Blues | 10/10/1983 | See Source »

...People don't think about how important the ramps are," said ABLE Vice President Ram Kronick '84, adding that the ramps also help the elderly and parents with small children...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police Will Lock Up Bicycles Blocking Ramps for Disabled | 10/7/1983 | See Source »

...tiny Beretta automatic pistol. He fired three times. One bullet ripped into Gandhi's chest, two into his belly. With hands folded, as if welcoming the blow, in the gesture that is both the Hindu greeting and the Christian attitude of prayer, Gandhi fell backward. He murmured, "Ai Ram, Ai Ram" (O Rama, O Rama), in invocation to the gentle hero of the Hindu pantheon, Gandhi's favorite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL 1948: Berlin Airlift and Gandhi's Murderer | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

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