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...carries, most of that on the cutting running of Dufresne. "They're big on the cutback," Crimson linebacker Matt Sabetti said yesterday. "When you play a team like that, guys on the other side of the ball have to be alert. I guess we just weren't up to snuff...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Defense's Doomsday | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

Along the way to Constantinople they find that Burton deBusch (James Hanes) is the mastermind behind SPAM's plot to fill the snuff boxes of the British with opium and blow away their entire navy. In the end, thanks to the efforts of O'Genick's fellow travelers, Spasm the Butler (Rich O'Leary) and Ella Mental (Doug Fitch), the scheme is thwarted. (Leavitt and Peirce's sales have dropped sharply since the show opened...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: The Smell of the Crowd | 2/24/1979 | See Source »

...places where one can actually obtain Name Brand Merchandise at Low, Low Prices. You've heard the claim made of many a store, no doubt. Most are simply pretenders, with prices that aren't really low, or brands that aren't quite up to snuff. But Namo and I, we knew just what we were doing...

Author: By George K. Sweetnam, | Title: Assault on Filene's Basement: A Christmas Fantasy | 12/8/1978 | See Source »

While Edmunds divides his time between London and his native Wales, Lowe, a self-described "big drug fan," lives in a two-bedroom London flat that he shares with Manager Jake Riviera, working up new and better versions of elaborate put-ons like originating and recording a "snuff rock" group called Alberto y los Trios Paranoias. "My vision," Lowe says, "is to tease people. I never make a stand, you know, never put my feet down. If I write a love song I'll al ways make fun of it to my friends. As a matter of fact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bringing Power to the People | 6/26/1978 | See Source »

...Neanderthal in all of us." He does the academic community a great disservice by leading it to believe that the vulgar antics of his modern "Atillas" bear any resemblance to the dignified pastimes of Neanderthal Man. Indeed, the Neanderthal Men used eating utensils, played musical instruments, took snuff in moderation, and worked crossword puzzles in their spare time. These noble primates were unfortunately driven into extinction by our own aggressive ancestors, who drank white wine with steak, picked their noses with their thumbs, and made off-color variations on epigrams like "A bird in the hand is worth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Noble Neanderthals | 10/25/1977 | See Source »

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