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Some Sugar Snap enthusiasts go so far as to predict that the new, wholly edible pea may surpass the tomato as the American home gardeners' top crop. The Michelin of munchables, All-America Selections, based in Los Altos, Calif., has not just given the Sugar Snap a rare gold medal and pronounced it the most successful new strain it has savored in its 46 years; it has also issued a recipe leaflet (500). Suggested treatments range from creamed Sugar Snap soup to Sugar Snap tempura. Actually, says the vegetable's inventor, Gallatin's lanky. Calvin Lamborn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Succulent New Vegetables | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

...RAMBLINGS: Hooft is just one point shy of 1000 career points at Harvard. If he picks up a couple in tonight's matchup, he will become the seventh man in Harvard basketball history to surpass the mark... This year's roundball banquet will feature Al McGuire, former Marquette coaching great, as speaker. The dinner will be held April 8 and is open to the general public. Anyone interested in attending should call 5-4856 for tickets and further information. HARVARD FG FT REB PF A TP Mannix 2-4 2-2 0 0 0 6 Coatsworth...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Cagers Fall to Columbia, 96-82 | 3/3/1979 | See Source »

...Yates got more out of the weekend than he'd bargained for. He originally climbed the mountain to surpass former experiences--Mt. Rainier, Mt. Anderson in the Olympics and extensive winter camping--and prepare himself for future climbs--Mt. McKinley this summer...

Author: By Anna Simons, | Title: Disobedience a la Thoreau: The Case of Gus Yates | 3/2/1979 | See Source »

...more than docudrama. It is lofted on poetic wings and nests in the human heart. The production, in the off-Broadway Theater of St. Peter's Church (in Manhattan's Citicorp Building), is done with impeccable taste and graced with skilled key performances that equal or surpass anything to be seen at present in the New York theater. Displaying no cosmetically applied malignancies, Philip Anglim 's Merrick is like some sort of simple, twisted saint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Freak No More | 1/29/1979 | See Source »

...Ireland's greatest export is men. The population is rising for the first time in modern history. Irishmen are returning home from distant lands. And a most remarkable development is occurring: at current growth rates, the Irish standard of living-based on production per capita-in 1980 will surpass that of once mighty Britain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Executive View by Marshall Loeb: Pied Piper for Industry | 12/18/1978 | See Source »

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