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Author: By Farah J. Griffin, | Title: Fire Rages Briefly in Adams House Rooms; Six Engines Extinguish Blaze in Half Hour | 1/28/1983 | See Source »

Lani Rodriguez '83 said that she "started to smell something like burning plastic when the smoke alarm went off" around 7 p.m. A friend who was visiting Rodriguez pulled the fire alarm and the sprinkler system started up. Both A and B entries of the House were immediately evacuated...

Author: By Farah J. Griffin, | Title: Fire Rages Briefly in Adams House Rooms; Six Engines Extinguish Blaze in Half Hour | 1/28/1983 | See Source »

...healthy dose of pure, albeit naive, sports fanaticism, football magazines are the place to turn. One magazine waxes nostalgic: "Each September, as the talk and smell of football pervades the air, the hard-core football fan experiences a feeling of profound excitement as the adrenalin begins to flow in anticipation." And the makers of Stat-Key, when detailing the edge which their system provides, explain: "The player is professional, trained in his trade. Because he is a professional among professionals, there is less of an ability gap among pro players than among college players. For example, if Cornell were...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: In a League by Themselves$ | 1/24/1983 | See Source »

...polls that show Reagan as far less popular at mid-term than other recent Presidents. "Baker believes this is going to be a very tough year for the President and that he will lose his leadership edge," says a White House aide, who adds, "There's a real smell in this town that Reagan is not going to run." The President himself, despite the image of vultures circling the Oval Office, remains characteristically easygoing about the fuss. But in Washington, Baker's unexpected public musing about leaving the Senate has been taken as a signal that the jockeying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lost Leader | 1/24/1983 | See Source »

...vent above your head in the ceiling begins to hum. This means the executioner has turned on the fan to suck up the smell of burning flesh. There is little time left. On your right you can see the waisthigh, one-way mirror in the wall. Behind the mirror is the executioner, standing before a gray marble control panel with gauges, switches and a foot-long lever of wood and metal at hip level...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Death Penalty: An Eye for an Eye | 1/24/1983 | See Source »

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