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...teams exchanged touchdowns again in the final 15 minutes. Husky Rob Gardner intercepted a pass and ran it 75 yards to give N.U. a final tally of 19 points...

Author: By Mark D. Director and Nell Scovell, S | Title: Gridders Search to Erase 'Ifs' As Season Opener Draws Near | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

While the classroom is the place to expose the student to conventional language, the teacher should not rob the black student of his right to articulate in a manner in which he is most able to express himself. We will lose a culture if we do this -"and I ain't just sellin' wolf tickets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 10, 1979 | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

...shopping centers, a convenience for robbers as well as customers. Tellers are trained to hand over the money in a holdup to avoid shootings, and even the guards are often instructed not to resist. As a result, notes FBI Special Agent Joseph Ryan, certain banks can be easier to rob than family grocery stores, where mom and pop sometimes fight back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Pass the Buck | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

...frightened teller in another New York City bank was killed last week, apparently for failing to act fast enough, Manhattan's Banco de Ponce posted a sign near the tellers' booths: "Attention would-be bank robbers. This is a Spanish-speaking bank. If you intend to rob us, please be patient for we might need an interpreter. Thank you, the Management...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Pass the Buck | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

...church asked him to stop charging for his services. The priest's credibility was questioned when he applied for a college teaching job and listed on his resume degrees that have failed to turn up in the institutions' records. Still, Pagano seemed to have little reason to rob: he reportedly had a savings account of $20,000. The total haul of the bandit was around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Mea Culpa | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

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