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...Tonight was a good night because it gave us a chance to see how some of the other swimmers could do," Costin Scalise said. "Some members of the team were a little tired in the water, but I was happy to see the rest picking up the slack...

Author: By Joseph Kaufman, | Title: Back in Blodgett's Fast Lane | 11/25/1986 | See Source »

...Flight school on the G.I. Bill. Joined the San Antonio police department and stayed four years. Missed home. "It's mostly the people here. It's more relaxed." Took a job as a longshoreman on the dock at Lake Charles. Then the work, much of it loading rice, went slack. Cretini switched to shrimping. So did scores of other unemployed Louisianans. At last look, the Lake Charles' unemployment rate was 14.8%, more than double the national average. A local official estimates that there are 2,000 commercial shrimpers working these waters where just a few years back there were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Louisiana: Gone Shrimping | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

Then he throws a loop around the sorrel colt's neck. The horse runs, then plants his feet and struggles. Ray holds the lariat tight -- not with a "fighting feel," but patiently, until the fear subsides. As soon as the colt moves forward, Ray rewards him by throwing slack in the rope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Wyoming: Horse and Rider Learn Together | 10/6/1986 | See Source »

...four-time defending Ivy champion men's squash team will try to extend its victory streak of 47 consecutive matches. Gone is the great Kenton Jernigan, but able and ready racquetmen are set to take up the slack...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Future Major H's Hit the Yard | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

...four-time defending Ivy champion men's squash team will try to extend its victory streak of 47 consecutive matches. Gone is the great Kenton Jernigan, but able and ready racquetmen are set to take up the slack...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Future Major H's Hit the Yard | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

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