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...Unidentified vandals broke into the garden of the Fly Club, stole a hammock, and spray-painted the remaining lawn furniture...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police Blotter | 5/11/1981 | See Source »

...tournament we had our rooms ransacked by the squad from Brown--they took items and knocked over furniture. We decided to get even and cream them: not only on the field the next day but also in their rooms that night. We sneaked into their rooms and sprayed whipped cream all over them. As we left, a few members of their team managed to catch us in the elevators, and took the spray cans away and squirted them back at us. When the elevator door opened hotel security was standing there and saw the Brown team with the cans...

Author: By Peter G. Wilcox, | Title: Lisa 'Mouse' Bernstein | 5/5/1981 | See Source »

Walking past their shell--nicknamed "no prisoners"--a member of the Harvard team said the race was better than last year, when they rowed without their jerseys and the cold spray made a stinging impression on both backs and minds...

Author: By Peter G. Wilcox, | Title: Lightweights Garner Top Spots; Heavies Falter, Finish Second | 4/13/1981 | See Source »

...cast in their lot with men of a despised race ..."), has been reinscribed with an indignant black crayon: "Stop the genocide of the abortionist degenerates! Stop abortion holocaust! Stop capital punishment for the innocent unborn!" That in turn has been covered, like buried layers of forgotten civilizations, by orange spray paint: "John Lennon lives on forever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Boston: Aid and Comfort for the Shaw | 4/6/1981 | See Source »

There are several other interesting moments. Cohen must play by an older Senator's rules in a basketball game because of the seniority system. Cohen's former colleagues in the House of Representatives warn him not to become cold and distant like other Senators. Somebody spray paints Cohen's car in what he describes as a typical outbreak of anger against a public figure...

Author: By Lewis J. Liman, | Title: Advise and Somnolent | 3/31/1981 | See Source »

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