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While making a routine tank change, Geribo said, he was tightening a valve on the transmission line and detected a slight leak...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Valve Malfunction Blamed For IAB Chlorine Leak | 9/29/1981 | See Source »

...slight leak" was detected by the maintenance worker making the change, and before procedures were completed, a release of chloring began," Francis J. Toland, assistant director of athletics, said in Harvard's only official statement on the matter...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: An Accident at the IAB | 9/26/1981 | See Source »

...slight 5'4", 115 lbs., Gately is atypical of the large, sturdy players who tend to dominate the defensive positions. "Because more people expect fullbacks to be slower, I have the advantage of being able to surprise players with my quickness and take the ball away from them," Gately says. "I also used to play offense so I know what they're thinking, and how they're planning to shoot as they run down the field...

Author: By Caroline R. Adams, | Title: Kelly Gately: A Study in Versatility | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

There is also Irving the physical phenomenon. He has dark, heartthrob good looks. Though he seems slight-he is 5 ft. 8 in. tall and 155 lbs.-his bulk is imposingly carried in a wedge from shoulders to waist. Not since Hemingway has a well-known American writer worked as hard on his body as he has on his prose. Rarely a day goes by when a bout at the typewriter is not followed by a roll on the mat with his sons, a three-to six-mile run or a session bench-pressing weights until he tires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life into Art: Novelist John Irving | 8/31/1981 | See Source »

Chicago Cubs Pitcher Mike Krukow looked in for the sign, planted his foot on the rubber, gripped the ball and got set to throw. But there was a slight hitch as he began his stretch. The third-base umpire immediately waved home the New York Met base runner standing on third. Thus was scored the first run in the second half of the strike-broken 1981 baseball season. The national pastime returned, not with a bang but a balk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Baseball's Sputtering Restart | 8/31/1981 | See Source »

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