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Jim Rice spoiled the shut-out for Rozema by belting his 42nd homer of the season in the ninth. Jerry Remy, who was on first with his fourth hit of the night (he went 4-for-4), scored ahead of Rice.

Author: By Elizabeth N. Friese, | Title: Red Sox Shelled, 12-2, Trail by Two | 9/21/1978 | See Source »

Even with a high level of imports, the dollar would be doing better if American exporters were more aggressive in tackling foreign markets. As Assistant Secretary of Commerce Frank Weil told TIME Correspondent William Drozdiak: "U.S. firms have been spoiled with a big market at home and have not felt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Greenbacks Under the Gun | 8/28/1978 | See Source »

But Vice Admiral Robert Coogan, commander of the Naval Air Force in the Pacific, insists that today's sailors "are not spoiled brats and we are not mollycoddling them." He admits, however, that "there is a lack of immediate obedience. It is thus more difficult to be a commanding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: For Sailors, a Better Life | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

It is interesting to speculate about why this sensationalism occurred. Too young to have participated in the civil rights-antiwar protests, some present college students feel that they have somehow missed out, that gone are the days when college unrest meant rectitude and legitimacy in a wayward nation. This romanticized...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: South Africa | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

My wife was a psychology major. She still thinks a Freudian slip is something you wear under a transparent dress... All these college students are running around these days, you know with the hair and everything, listening to the Beatles and everything--it's getting so you can't tell...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: NO RESPECT | 5/4/1978 | See Source »

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