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...crowds both Crimson and Catamount, will try to spark the offense on the ice, although the forwards on both teams won't need that much to get charged...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: The Hockey Purist's Dream | 3/10/1989 | See Source »

Sophomore Vince Curran, who had played only 101 minutes all season long, took over for Duncombe and promptly scored 14 second-half points to spark the Quaker victory...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: The Lost Weekend? | 3/8/1989 | See Source »

Pino, a second-year j.v. player and the team's spark plug, would like to play for the varsity squad, but realizes that a move from j.v. to varsity is not an everyday occurrence...

Author: By Angela M. Payne, | Title: J.V. Cagers: Playing for Fun | 2/25/1989 | See Source »

...Feel Good pounds in the background of a TV commercial for spark plugs. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag sells a brand of rice. It's been a long time since the raw, driving soul music of James Brown sounded dangerous to mainstream white America. The rhythm-and-blues man, who says he is 55, belonged to a presidential task force and is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He has won two Grammy Awards and has had an audience with the Pope. When the phone rings in his office in Augusta, Ga., a receptionist crisply answers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soul Brother No. 155413 | 2/20/1989 | See Source »

...primary objective of such a sweeping rescue was to restore the confidence of thrift depositors, some of whom have withdrawn their savings in fear of the system's insolvency. In fact, the Administration secretly feared a long-shot possibility that the drama of its bailout might spark a run on S & L deposits. To prepare for that dire prospect, senior White House officials and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan met in the Roosevelt Room of the White House the night before Bush's plan was made public. Greenspan agreed that the Fed would stand ready to pump billions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Savings And Loan Crisis: Finally, the Bill Has Come Due | 2/20/1989 | See Source »

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