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...argued that Tally's targets have already been amply peppered, but that objection will not suffice. The perennial aim of satire has been to reiterate the obvious in order to awaken us from abject moral slumber...
...Cleary's charges awoke from an early slumber and skated to a 5-3 victory. Falcone and Kukulowicz contributed an assist apiece. But more importantly--though they too seemed afflicted by the same first-period malaise--the three newcomers to the icemen's offense gave creditable opening night performances...
...indeed, by midweek Tim Hait, the U.S. Geological Survey's chief spokesman at the scene, was describing Mount St. Helens as "in a relaxed state of mind." But none of the U.S.G.S. scientists would say how long the calm would last. After Mount St. Helens rose from its slumber in 1831, it erupted 14 times in the next 25 years. Says Hait: "This time it could go on for five years, ten years or 20 years. That's a heck of an answer but there's no way of telling...
Norm Forbush woke the Harvard squad from its brief slumber when he racked up the winning goal at 7:33 in the second stanza. That capped off Forbush's hat trick. Also pitching in with two assists on the afternoon, the flashy sophomore ran his totals to 11 and 21. A total offensive output of 32 points gives Forbush third position in the team statistics, trailing Predun and Pedroni...
...just as long as they need it on a trip to Cuba." Cars with boat trailers clogged the narrow two-lane road from the Florida mainland to Key West; some bore license plates from states as far away as New York. Drowsy Key West, just entering its off-season slumber, bucked to life as drivers steered their bulky rigs through the streets, looking for places to slip their boats into the water. "I am taking the chance because there may not be another time," explained Martin Larena, a Miami upholsterer who waited to set off in his 21-ft. launch...