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...Introduce yourself as Prince(ess) Spike of Freedonia, and inquire if the the Prince would be interested in purchasing some "slightly used" polo ponies...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: What's Your Royalty Rating | 9/4/1986 | See Source »

...muscle along Nipper's kneecap was injured Sunday in a collision with Texas' Larry Parrish at home plate that sent a spike into the muscle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nipper Recovering | 5/21/1986 | See Source »

...What happened to him was like being operated on at home plate with a spike, and home plate isn't an operating room," Pappas said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nipper Recovering | 5/21/1986 | See Source »

...entering professions and occupations in which they work side by side with men. At King Saud University, female students still attend classes on a separate campus and listen to lectures from male professors over closed-circuit TV. But beneath their veiled garments, many are outfitted in tight skirts, spike heels and snug-fitting tops and resemble nothing so much as Brooke Shields look- alikes. The coeds are becoming more aggressive at the dating game. They bring photos of their brothers and cousins to school to exchange with their classmates and provide telephone numbers when interest is shown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saudi Arabia Facing a Double-Barreled Gun | 4/21/1986 | See Source »

...data from Vega 1 showed that the craft encountered less dust than expected as it approached the comet. But Physicist John Simpson of the University of Chicago, who designed the only American instrument -- a dust detector -- aboard Vega, noted that as the spacecraft departed, it passed through a "huge spike of dust" with particles about the size of those in cigarette smoke. Simpson and other scientists interpreted the spike as a burst of dust and gas erupting from the surface of the nucleus. Other Vega instruments seemed to show that the icy cometary surface was being evaporated by solar radiation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Zeroing in on Halley's Comet | 3/17/1986 | See Source »

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