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Cambridge Superintendent of Schools William Lannon turned to answer the question with a weary shrug. "Everything I've worked for in the last five years I've cut out in the last five days...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Budgetary Guillotine | 4/5/1980 | See Source »

...League record is exactly the same as it was last season but one place worse; the overall mark represents a four-and-a-half game improvement. In short, well,...shrug...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Cagers Look to 'Get Somewhere' | 3/7/1980 | See Source »

...McLaughlin sees a bright future, hinting at several gold nuggest recruits, hoping (still) for a new place to play, and anxious to elicit more than a shrug from the cagers' biggest fan. 1979-80 HARVARD VARSITY BASKETBALL STATISTICS PLAYER G FC-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT REB AVG PF/D ASST PTS AVG FLEMING, Don 26 203-416 .488 111-154 .721 157 6.0 84/5 38 517 19.9 MANNIX, Tom 26 137-291 .471 62-85 .729 133 5.1 68/3 91 336 12.9 HARRIS, Mark 26 100-188 .532 85-116 .733 127 4.9 87/8 21 285 11.0 ALLEN...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Cagers Look to 'Get Somewhere' | 3/7/1980 | See Source »

...sales being blown away are between $50 million and $100 million. Premium promotions are hurting because companies don't want to be identified with things that have 'Moscow' written on them." Whatever happens, Blum will not look to Moscow for a refund. Said he, with a shrug: "The Soviets will simply say, 'It isn't our fault...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Olympics: To Go or Not to Go | 1/28/1980 | See Source »

Cynics may shrug at doctrines of willful optimism. Still Americans have a right to be optimistic. After all, they are living longer and longer. Perhaps each new alarm should be couplet with a dire warning that life is likely to go on despite all the dangers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Living Happily Against the Odds | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

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