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...Jankowski knocked in a rebound for his first career goal to give the Big Red a 3-0 lead before a non sequitur briefly interrupted the festivities--Jon Garrity inched the puck past Brain Hayward at 9:34 to give Harvard the cheap thrill of trailing Cornell by only two goals...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Eight Goals in First Period Help Cornell Destroy Icemen | 2/22/1979 | See Source »

...them. Ha ha ha, just kidding. No, really, I was. I do this for free, out of love for my fellow students, and because if I went to a shrink he would charge me $50 an hour to listen to me while you do it free. Thank you. Non sequitur Eric B. Fried

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tuned-Up Tuna Hits Town | 9/28/1978 | See Source »

Natural gas is a critically scarce fuel in the U.S.-but there is no detectable shortage of cow manure. A howling non sequitur? Not to the U.S. Department of Energy. It has granted $938,000 for a pilot project to turn cattle waste into methane, a form of natural...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: Manure Fuel? | 12/26/1977 | See Source »

...trees. As a man, he has idled away his life as a compulsive gambler and is now a gigolo in a nightclub. The woman he lives with is the club hustler (Suzanne Lederer). The conversational pas de trois that these three engage in is replete with bitterness and non-sequitur absurdist humor. The performers are also forced to carry an elephantine load of symbolism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Nothingness Is All | 10/11/1976 | See Source »

...mixed with something soft and weary, that always seems to end in resignation. I soon learned that the lament, "What can you do." (with a period), is an uncontestable way to squirm out of a tight spot, a nearly infallible method for stifling conversation and a tirelessly whispered non sequitur, paired with a byzantine, palms-up gesture...

Author: By Anemona Hartocollis, | Title: Trapped in Perpetual Transit | 9/27/1976 | See Source »

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