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...ideal notion that a lad should just be grateful for the education he receives in exchange for a few hours of practice and the glory of Saturday afternoon is as dead as the dropkick. Who knows what the time of death was? It might have been when the shoe companies began dropping unmarked bills on coaches to wear their swooshes and stripes. It might have been when NBC decided to pay holier-than-thou Notre Dame $38 million for the exclusive rights to five football seasons. It might have been the day--true story--that a student athlete was asked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TOTE THAT BALL, LIFT THAT REVENUE | 10/21/1996 | See Source »

...then the other shoe dropped. Boston College won by a goal; Princeton's Kirsty Hale set an Ivy League record in the Princeton Dartmouth contest for points in a game with eight (three goals, two assists...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Dominates Ivies, Harvard Consistent | 10/4/1996 | See Source »

...make strange little grunting noises when you stand up, sit down or bend over hits everyone in different ways. For some, it may first occur when hoisting a bag of groceries; for others, it may happen when stooping to pick up a toddler or crouching to tie a shoe. Typically, the strange little grunting noises never sound like much--a weary uhhh as the weight of the body is raised or lowered. Sometimes the uhhh may be followed by a few expressive words, like a thoughtful hoo-boy or a quick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALL OF THE MILD | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

David Wilhelm, one of this semester's Institute of Polotics (IOP) Fellows, was drawn into politics when he saw his father throw a shoe at a televised image of Nixon...

Author: By Erwin R. Rosinberg, | Title: IOP Introduces Fellows At ARCO Forum Panel | 9/25/1996 | See Source »

...recruit Wilson, Gates flew to Chicago for an afternoon just so that they could have lunch together. As their meal ended, Gates "let the other shoe drop" and asked Wilson to come to Harvard...

Author: By Mattthew W. Granade, | Title: A Controversial Scholar, Wilson Breaks Ground | 9/24/1996 | See Source »

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