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...strong showing Saturday could guarantee the Crimson one of the tourney's last two spots. Both Harvard players and coaches remain confident that February is the perfect time to stop the red-hot Tigers...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: February's Team | 2/25/1983 | See Source »

...would suffer. Death alone was rarely considered a sufficient penalty unless it was preceded by terror, torture and humiliation, preferably in public. One of history's most spectacular executions was that of Damiens, the unsuccessful assassin of Louis XV, in Paris in 1757. His flesh was torn with red-hot pincers, his right hand was burned with sulfur, his wounds were drenched with molten lead, his body was drawn and quartered by four horses, his parts were set afire and his ashes scattered to the winds. The execution was accomplished before a large crowd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Death Penalty :Revenge Is the Mother of Invention | 1/24/1983 | See Source »

...Mexican dining than Louisville-based Chi-Chi's (fiscal 1982 sales: $35.8 million), the growth champion of Latin chains. The five-year-old firm opened its first unit in a converted A & P supermarket in Minneapolis, and now has 73 restaurants in the U.S. and Canada. The red-hot expansion pushed Chi Chi's profits to $4.5 million in its latest fiscal year, nearly double the level of the previous year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Enchilada Millionaires | 11/29/1982 | See Source »

With nine victories in their last ten games, including a five-game sweep of the hapless Mets, the red-hot St. Louis Cardinals appear destined -- for the second consecutive year -- to compile the best mark in the National League East. Without last season's strike-induced machinations to deny them their deserved post-season invitation, the Cardinals are primed to battle in the National League Championship Playoffs for the first time ever...

Author: By Jonathan B. Losos, | Title: A Playoff Appearance Is In the Cards | 9/23/1982 | See Source »

...KEEF!" Jagger shouts at his guitarist during the first of two red-hot performances in Hartford, Ct. last October. "Keef! Do you remember when it was the last time we played this tune, man?" Jagger just announced "Down the Road a Piece," a Chuck Berry classic off of the group's first album...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Still Living | 6/25/1982 | See Source »

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