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Seven ferocious Elis took to the pool against the Harvard squad, and in the absence of professional referees did their best to swamp the Crimson...

Author: By Nick Wurp, | Title: Water Polo Drowns Yale In Absurd Season Finale | 11/19/1983 | See Source »

...territory if a Miss America expresses thespian designs. With the exception of Bess Myerson (1945), winners seem to find sustaining a career in the public eye more difficult than gaining the title. Rosemary LaPlanche (1941) is not much remembered today, though she made 84 movies, including Strangler of the Swamp and Devil Bat's Daughter. Lee Meriwether (1955) has had roles enough, but her name has failed to attain the tip of the national tongue. Mary Ann Mobley (1959) made those Elvis Presley films, and has had trouble shaking the image ever since. Mobley's runner-up, Anita...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New York: The Miss is a Hit | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

Like two vast prehistoric monsters lifting themselves out of the swamp, half-blind and savage, the two great totalitarian powers of the world now tore at each other's throats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News 1941: Germany v. Russia, World or Ruin | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

LITTLE SUCH PRAISE can be heaped on New York's "Fearless 4," whose new song "Something New" perhaps shows the hazards of taking rap into the corporate swamp. (They were signed by Elektra/Asylum.) "Just Rock," which uses the music of Gary Numan's "Cars"--a song that should have never seen plastic the first time around--reaches for the same partydown atmosphere of the Jonzun Crew, but comes up empty...

Author: By Michael W. Huschorn, | Title: Funkmatized | 7/29/1983 | See Source »

...drummer Chris Frantz and bassist Tina Weymouth's joray into rap in rhythm with Tom Tom Club The Heads what's more, steal a whole lotta licks from out of the past Do you want your funk served up hot and gooey, in the form of Delta Blues' Swamp" will please your musical palate How about a little down-home gospel hour, Slippery People" ought to do the trick A Little street fun in order' The dancing bass at the end of Girlfriend is Better will have you hipping to the hip hop all night long. With Speaking in Longues...

Author: By Michael J. Abramoute, | Title: Hypnotized | 7/29/1983 | See Source »

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