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Playing in their fourth contest in five days, the weary stick women failed to dominate play to the extent they have in earlier games Nonetheless, the Crimson managed to scrape by on superior ability and persistence...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Stickwomen Top Northeastern | 9/29/1982 | See Source »

Last April, a county superior court judge sided with Bishop Gendron's argument that church-state separation forbids court involvement in the inner workings of a diocese. Undeterred, the nuns appealed to the New Hampshire Supreme Court, which heard arguments this month. It is expected to rule before the end of the year. Meanwhile, the nuns are taking a brief vacation and awaiting the court's ultimate decision, or the diocese's change of mind. Amid such an unseemly, if significant, dispute, the education of Sacred Heart's students is suffering. Says Michelle Simeone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: No Mercy for the Sisters | 9/27/1982 | See Source »

...This legacy of superior achievement at Harvard Law by Afro-Americans since the early 20th century deserves something better than the banal ethnocentrism rampant among members of the Harvard Black Law Students Association." --Martin Kilson The Washington Post, August...

Author: By Holly A. Idelson, | Title: What Was Said About The Harvard Controversy | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

...precise and calm, but the top half reflects an impatient, unhappy individual. Herbert Hoover demonstrates incredible motivation, but the coiled web tells us he feels trapped, and the overlapping of the designs suggests that he is a bit befuddled and confused. John Kennedy's graphic movement indicates a superior intellect. Obviously he had bad feelings toward the first, messily drawn house, which may be the White House. His feelings are moderate toward the middle house, and truly homey toward the third. Perhaps he felt some confusion about job vs. home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: White House Doodles | 9/6/1982 | See Source »

...Sider kicked back with a lawsuit filed in Massachusetts Superior Court, charging that the comparison in the ads was inaccurate. The suit was settled when Timberland agreed to change the text of the ads, but not the headline. Timberland has since filed a suit of its own in the U.S. district court in Concord, N.H., after dis covering that the three sets of patent numbers on the Top-Sider sole had expired in 1955, 1957 and 1959. While Top-Sider has since removed the numbers from its soles, its attorneys contend that the use of the expired patent numbers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No-Skid Scuffle | 8/23/1982 | See Source »

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