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...teams to which she belonged also excelled. Martin's basketball career helped her high school squad soar to 14-4 and 16-2 seasons. Her softball team won its league championship and proceeded to post season play. And--most importantly--Martin's contribution to her field hockey team enabled it to gain a Massachusetts state championship...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: Stellar to Cellar | 2/19/1982 | See Source »

...postponement of the 100 per cent assessment is good news for owners of the city's older housing stock, typically elderly and low income families, whose tax bills are expected to soar under the new property values...

Author: By Andrew C. Karp, | Title: City Opts to Delay Tax Reassessment | 11/24/1981 | See Source »

...Elizabeth McGovern seems out of tune and time. She plays Evelyn Nesbit as the daffily dumb prototype for every bombshell from Marilyn to Bo-cheeks puffed, eyes glazed, tripping through life in a sweet stupor. She weighs the film down before Rollins & Co. have the chance to make it soar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: One More Sad Song | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

...things, on the evidence of Hepburn's films of the '50s and '60s: the lonely triumph of spinsterhood (Summertime, The African Queen, The Rainmaker), the sad declineinto dementia (Suddenly Last Summer, Long Day's Journey into Night). These later roles gave her the opportunity to soar, and she played each lovely chance to the hilt, whether she was getting morosely drunk over a lemonade in Pat and Mike (1952) or losing herself in heroin and reverie as O'Neill's Mary Tyrone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Two Who Get It Right | 11/16/1981 | See Source »

Library thefts soar, and security systems multiply

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Light-Fingered Bibliophiles | 10/19/1981 | See Source »

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