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The impulse may be part of the furless human condition. Actual buying depends on money (full payment before the coat leaves the premises), trust (as in "If Mike says it's good, it is good"), a certain amount of pro forma chat about male vs. female skins and "this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Manhattan: Mink Is No Four-Letter Word | 2/18/1980 | See Source »

The two-day Greater Boston Track Championships opened at the ITT last night, and as far as Harvard is concerned they may have closed, too. A calamitous streak of bad luck in the trials of the running events spoiled several fine field performances, and all but squelched Crimson hopes of...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Harvard Hosts City Track Title Meet | 2/2/1980 | See Source »

The fact is that there is probably no single action short of war that would punish Moscow more than to have the Olympics taken away or spoiled. As the first Communist country to play host to the modern Games in their 84-year history, the U.S.S.R. is determined to turn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Olympics: To Go or Not to Go | 1/28/1980 | See Source »

Some may argue that a mini-Datsun can spoil a child, or that a satellite antenna and a personal blimp are a bit extravagant. But what's a spoiled kid or a few hundred (or thousand or million) dollars when it all leads to more interesting holiday gifts? After all...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: All I Want for Christmas......Is A Blimp or Two | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

Providence College ran away with the meet as expected, placing all five of its scorers in the top 13 and recording just 36 points. Friar Ray Treacy spoiled Northeastern all-American Bruce Bick-ford's last race at Franklin Park with a 29:28 victory, 27 seconds ahead of Bick...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Harriers Stumble to Third in Qualifier | 11/13/1979 | See Source »

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