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Former All-Ivy receiver Jim Curry was in town recently to drop off his sister Caryn at Quincy House. The third-leading Harvard pass snatcher of all time was signed as a free agent by the New York Giants, but 'The Turk' got the better of him. Curry started off like gangbusters in a scrimmage with the Jets, but then saw 11 minutes of action against the Steelers and five ticks against the Browns...
...budget increased old-age pensions, froze the price of school lunches and ordered free milk for kids aged seven to eleven. That was a tweak at Tory Leader Margaret Thatcher, who had ended free milk when she was Minister of Education, earning her the sobriquet "Thatcher the Milk Snatcher...
...total pop. 54 million). Thatcher's statement touched off an uproar in Parliament. Labor members shouted "Racist!" There was some dismay in the Conservatives' shadow cabinet, whose members had not been consulted about the declaration, but other Tories applauded her stand, gleefully dubbing her "Thatcher, the Vote Snatcher." Callaghan accused her of "opportunism," while one Cabinet member despaired: "I have no doubt that race can win the election...
...Bronson has never been one to take pointless injustice lying down, nossir. So he takes the law into his own hands, and the fans go wild. No kidding: I saw this movie on New York's upper west side, and every time Bronson popped another mugger or bag-snatcher in the chest the audience gave him a standing ovation. Which is to say that "Death Wish" will cater to your basest instincts. But it's cathartic, you'll say, harmless, really. Tell me about it. "Liz," the slick soft-core porn feature playing downtown, has more socially redeeming features than...
...lawyer represented a six-year-old boy who had been neglected by his mother; though the court ruled that the parent could keep the child, a program of supervision was set up to discourage future mistreatment. Occasionally there are heartening successes: a youth injured while chasing a purse snatcher turned out to be a former purse snatcher himself, rehabilitated through clinic-inspired counseling and work programs...