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More than a year later, Lazaros was arrested on unrelated fraud charges in Michigan and last week died of still undetermined causes in jail. While performing a routine autopsy, doctors found the missing ring-in Lazaros' stomach. Police assume Lazaros swallowed the ring when he was jailed. "We theorize it would pass through his system and two days later he'd swallow it again," said one. No doubt Lazaros thought his secret was safe inside him, but once again it was proved that you can't take it with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Hard to Swallow | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

...people behind the door, who are generals and admirals and Cabinet members, and about the object of the games they play, which generally have a lot to do with wiping out foreign civilizations. And then the realization hits you, like a hard icy lump in the pit of your stomach. The friendly folks who brought you Vietnam and Cambodia are back for more good times...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: Gamesmanship | 5/10/1978 | See Source »

...recalls her tryout for the School of American Ballet with amusement she did not feel at the time: "I believe that I had a black leotard on, red tights and saddle shoes. I had a huge stomach, teeny little legs and this tremendous head. The teacher came up to me and lifted my leg to see how limber it was. I was desperately holding on to the barre, and the foot I was standing on went right out from under me. I was so tight, so really unsuited for dancing." Admitted to the school despite her pratfall, she renounced skates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: U.S. Ballet Soars | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

...just the Tiger baseball team that is going to be around Cambridge. We're also going to have to stomach the Princeton lacrosse team. The Tiger laxmen, which is just what they are, will take the B-School field at 2 p.m. against the Crimson. That should give them all enough time to get interviewed at the B-School and become indoctrinated into the wild and woolly world of big banking...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: The Gist Is Gusto | 4/27/1978 | See Source »

Some hunched against the cement pillars, battling vicious stomach cramps and fighting the post-race nausea that caused many to return their food to the garage floor. Almost everyone hobbled on their heels or the sides of their feet, avoiding blistered toes and sore soles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Agony, Ecstasy and Ambivalence | 4/18/1978 | See Source »

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