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...life was a skein of contradictions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sadat: He Changed the Tide of History | 10/19/1981 | See Source »

Somewhere in the tangled skein of Mehmet Ali Agca's life lay answers. As his story unravels in the weeks to come, the best news, after all, might be that he did indeed act alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hand of Terrorism | 5/25/1981 | See Source »

Cornell, on the other hand, has never lost a game in the tournament, capturing all five Ivy crowns since the competition was established in 1976. The Big Red extended its skein of unbeaten games this year but settled for a co-championship with Brown. The coaches decided to call Sunday's championship game a tie with the scoreboard reading four-all after the fourth sudden-death overtime period...

Author: By William A. Danoff, | Title: Icewomen Slip In Ivies; Cornell, Brown Split Title | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

...loss decisively snaps the Crimson's 8-game win streak, the longest such skein since the miracle year of 45-46 when the Crimson ran 13 in a row and enroute to a 20-3 season...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Cagers Fall at Penn, 73-63, For First Ivy Defeat of Year | 2/14/1981 | See Source »

...Crimson's seventh in a row, a streak which equals the seven-game skein of the 1970-71 season, and ups the team's overall you-gotta-believe 11-4, including a 4-0 Ivy League start...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Hoopsters Mutilate Passive Warriors | 2/9/1981 | See Source »

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