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...Appreciation Day for Harvard fans and the only one lecturing was Princeton tailback Bobby Isom. Isom loped, bulled, juked, and spun his way to 209 yards rushing on a Princeton record 44 carries. Talk about total offense-he was total offense...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: H-e-e-e-e-e-e-ere's Bobby! | 10/24/1977 | See Source »

...forward Otto Schwartz gave the spectators a visual synopsis of the whole contest at the 10-minute mark when, looking at an open net following a corner kick, he spun the wet ball way over the net from close range. It was going to be that kind...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Rain, Rams Leave Crimson Booters Tied at 0-0 | 10/18/1977 | See Source »

After four months of bit-by-bit exposure and mounting pressure, the Lance affair last week spun out of anyone's control. Instead of winding down, investigations were being stepped up into the capriciously loose banking habits of Bert Lance, the amiable Georgian who directs the Office of Management and Budget. Each day brought torrents of new allegations, rumors of wrongdoing, hints of still more probes. Inevitably, reports surfaced that Jimmy Carter has reluctantly concluded that Lance must resign. Before long, perhaps before this week is out, one of the President's first major appointees is likely to become...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lance: Going, Going... | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

...drivers cannot. Custom-built for $15,000 apiece, they are three-quarter-size versions of the Formula 1 racer, powered by 28-h.p. Wankel rotary engines capable of 67 m.p.h. on the open road. The brightly colored Fiberglas bodies are mounted on tubular-frame chassis; spun-aluminum wheels carry oversize Goodyear racing-slick tires. They have automatic transmission and quick-ratio steering; brakes are front-wheel disc and rear-wheel drum. The cars are almost impossible to roll over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Le Mans for the Masses | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

...automated its neolithic production processes and spun off four new suburban editions. Sulzberger has also injected new life into the newspaper's parent New York Times Co., which embraces nine smaller dailies, four weeklies, six magazines (including Us, circ. 500,000, a four-month-old imitator of Time Inc.'s PEOPLE), two broadcast stations, three book publishers and part of three Canadian Paper mills. Once an institution more interested in public service than profit, the New York Times Co. is now on Wall Street's goodbuy lists. After several years of see-saw profits (net income was $13.6 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Kingdom And the Cabbage | 8/15/1977 | See Source »

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