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...fine cigar. In his new life, he said, talking to his guests was the part he liked best. He raised his snifter, and when he drank, the snifter pushed his half-spectacles from the tip of his nose to the bridge. When he removed the snifter, the eyeglasses slid back, like a beginning skier on a beginners slope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Vermont: Keeping Up with Keeping Inns | 1/9/1984 | See Source »

...with only 15 seconds remaining in the period, Maine's pressure finally paid off Jacques, last season's team scoring leader, took a pass from Senior Captain Todd Bjorkstrand and slid the puck past Blair to tie the game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Black Bears Ice Crimson, 5-4 | 12/15/1983 | See Source »

...Ohno silenced the Husky faithful when he broke free and almost tipped it behind North-eastern goalie Tim Marshall. Marshall fended off two other close-range shots before center Phil Falcone knotted the score at 17:58. Husky defenseman Craig Frank screened Marshall, and Falcone's shot slid past Marshall across the goalmouth and into the far side of the net. It was Harvard's first power-play goal since the season-opener at Dartmouth...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Icemen Take a Little Off the Top, 4-2 | 12/7/1983 | See Source »

...only in turning off Sears' traditional value-oriented shopper. In the mid-'70s, Sears tried to go up against fast-growing discounters like K mart. When prices were slashed, customers came back but profits did not. Then the recession hit. By 1981, earnings at Sears stores had slid 45% from levels of only five years earlier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sears: New Look for the Top Retailer | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

...terms as manager of the Chicago Cubs led the team to three pennants ('32, '35, '45); in Scottsdale, Ariz. Jolly Cholly's antic disposition reached a high point in a dreary 1940s game when, as coach, he signaled a player to slide into third, then slid into the base himself from the opposite side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Nov. 28, 1983 | 11/28/1983 | See Source »

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