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Things started off well for the Crimson, with Arkie Engle leading the way. Engle's match was never close, as he took control from the beginning to smash Mitch Spiegel...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Netmen Make Penn Quake and Fall, 6-3 | 4/13/1987 | See Source »

Zanio, who works as a carpenter, took a hatchet from her car trunk and started to smash the snowwoman, but fled when Barnett rushed out of his house. "We had her arrested to let people know they can't go hacking things down," says Barnett. Last week Zanio was charged with disorderly conduct; she could face a $200 fine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milwaukee: A Real Hatchet Job | 4/13/1987 | See Source »

...none of those goals has been fulfilled, and Gandhi seems to have lost his golden electioneering touch. He made four campaign swings in March through West Bengal (pop. 60 million). Referring to the Communist government of West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu, 72, Gandhi repeatedly exhorted the crowds to "smash the red fort of Marxism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India End of an Enchanted Honeymoon | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

...million record set by Cats in 1982. The show is already slated to open in 20 more countries: requests have come from the Soviet Union and South Africa, Bulgaria and Japan. Says Producer Cameron Mackintosh, 40, an impresario whose properties include Cats, Little Shop of Horrors and the London smash The Phantom of the Opera: "Les Miserables has the potential to be the most successful musical of the past 20 or 30 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: An Epic of the Downtrodden | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

...toward the end of the night and the joyful confusion which is the scooper's basic element has accelerated. Orders are forgotten, the radio gets louder, we smash into each other more frequently, and the accumulation of goop spreads into face and hair. Revelling in the chaotic, carnival atmosphere I put up my sweatshirt hood to accentuate my insanity. This provokes customer comment. Customers never expect a reply. "He must be getting cold (snigger snigger)." My eyes roll, scoop clatters from my hand. "No I'm not. I'm just fucking weird." Nodding cowed agreement, the line moves on. Chuckling...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Primal 'Scream | 3/5/1987 | See Source »

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