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...clear case of robbing Peter to pay Paul to rob Peter again, workers must use reduced wages to buy increasingly higher-priced food, food whose cost has been raised by speculative use of the very money taken out of the workers' own wages. Adding insult to injury is a mild description of the bourgeoisie's attempt to kill the working class and make it pay for the funeral...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Food for Thought: Grocery Prices Up | 11/2/1973 | See Source »

...only Harvard booter who performed well on the marshy field was Rob Finley, who gleefully drenched coaches, players and bystanders on his sweeps downfield. With the Brown players as reluctant as the Crimson to battle for a loose ball kicked into a flooded area of the field, Finley had little trouble turning the tide his way. Unfortunately, Finley's command of the waterways wasn't enough to overcome the inconsistent play of the rest of the team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brown Smashes Crimson J.V. Booters | 11/1/1973 | See Source »

Andover appeared headed for victory early in the final quarter. The prep school team pressured the Harvard goal until, with ten minutes left, its momentum subsided. Two minutes later, Harvard's Mike Lohrer centered a pass in front of the Andover net, and Rob Grant booted it in for the gamewinner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Booters Fight Back To Suppress Spirited Andover | 11/1/1973 | See Source »

Whatever hopes Harvard might have had for tomorrow's game were dispelled by the ever-growing injury list. This time injuries have taken away three of the four starting offensive players to rob Harvard scoring of its punch. Felix Adele, J.P. Gilbert, Artie Fa den, will be watching the game from the sidelines...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UConn Strongly Favored To Beat Crimson Booters | 10/17/1973 | See Source »

Apparently, so was Walker. He was angered by the manner of his arrest, especially the identification where he was handcuffed in the line-up. He explained that he had a full-time job, and that the next day was payday. Why, he asked them, would he rob a woman of twelve dollars. They shook their heads, failing to understand this young black. Why, they asked him, did he rob a woman of twelve dollars...

Author: By Tom Lee, | Title: An Athlete Dies Old | 7/31/1973 | See Source »

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