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Allard hit Cuccia with a 20-yard pass on the next play, and on the following sequence the Crimson seemed to spoil the Yale shutout. Allard hit Cuccia with a lateral pass on the right side, and the quarterback passed to Scheper who skidded into the end zone. But that play was nullified because of a forward lateral. Time ran out, and the shutout was saved...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Elis Humble Listless Gridders, 28-0, Tie Dartmouth for Ivy League Title | 11/21/1981 | See Source »

Sister Mary Ignatius (Elizabeth Franz) has taught for many years at Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow school. She believes that to spare the rod is to spoil the child, perhaps eternally. Her rod is the catechism. Her prize pupil (Mark Stefan) can make pinpoint distinctions between venial and mortal sins. The sister pops a cookie into his mouth after each impeccable response, and Stefan plays the role with the precision of an ordained parrot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Avaunt, God | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

...many cooks threaten to spoil the farm bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mixing Politics with Parity | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

...game neither team deserved to win, and neither did. It ended fittingly, with a 31-yd. field goal attempt curving wide past the right crossbar to spoil a 14-point, fourth-quarter comeback...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Gridders, Princeton Play to 17-17 Tie | 10/26/1981 | See Source »

...belief that man's condition can always be improved upon is unique to Americans. Does this mean we are spoiled? Not unless literacy, culture or political activism spoil us. These pursuits are denied to many of the world's citizens. Must we too be deprived of them or risk being labeled spoiled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 26, 1981 | 10/26/1981 | See Source »

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