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...Spartans saw prosperity sink in the Charles River. The Crimson just didn't come back in this game. It came back with authority. It came back like a team that was slapped in the face from a bad dream. And it needed only three skaters...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Why are the Winners Looking So Darned Glum? | 3/19/1988 | See Source »

Slowing down the tempo of the game limits the scoring. Princeton yields only 54.2 points per game, while netting only 63.9 points a game. Without the three-point shot, which the Tigers sink at an amazing 48 percent clip, scoring in Princeton games might be as low as Paul Simon's earlobes...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Pete Carril's Sleeping Pill | 2/17/1988 | See Source »

...soxed waiters and waitresses improvise dance steps between servings. A young business crowd samples such unautomated Automat classics as fish cakes, macaroni and cheese, and chicken pot pie, all of which, alas, pale beside memories of the originals. The menu also includes diet-destroying desserts like the $12.95 "Kitchen Sink" sundae. Dine-O-Mat's gravy has the consistency of fudge sauce, but the mashed potatoes are good, and the trip back in time is sustaining...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: A Taste of The Past | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

...even this moderate, judicious plan is already in jeopardy. Republican leaders in the House, miffed at losing the vote for military aid, have already sworn to sink the package. Meanwhile, Ortega pledged in a speech the day after the vote that Nicaragua would oppose any form of nonmilitary aid to the contras and made the outrageous claim that "we now have full democracy and full freedom of expression in this country." Tell that to the 9 000 political prisoners in Nicaragua and the still heavily-censored editors of La Prensa, the Nicaraguan opposition newspaper...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: Contra-versy on Aid | 2/6/1988 | See Source »

...told the players to throw everything atthem, except the kitchen sink," Barnaby added,"then pick that up and throw it at them. I was areal fat cat after we won the match...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: A Classic Rivalry | 2/5/1988 | See Source »

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