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...early going yesterday, it was like competing in the National Hockey League playoffs. It was like being one of 64 teams in the NCAA basketball tournament. It was like being in a swarm of world-class runners in it Boston Marathon...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Just Like What it Was | 4/19/1988 | See Source »

...being in a swarm of world-class runners in the Boston Marathon...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Just Like What it Was | 4/19/1988 | See Source »

While Parish became a hero in regulation, she nearly became the goat in overtime. Her holding penalty in the extra period allowed the Harvard power-play unit to swarm like bees around the Big Green...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Dartmouth Takes Icewomen, 3-2 | 2/25/1988 | See Source »

...lots of old people, and lots of completely identical buildings to house the old people. They also generally have imposing walls and gates staffed by crack walkie-talkie-toting octogenarian security forces. Grandma assures me this is to provide protection from the hordes of degenerate muggers and rapists who swarm around South Florida after the sun sets...

Author: By Eric A. Morris, | Title: Where Old People Bake Their Brains | 1/22/1988 | See Source »

However, a little patience pays off. Flamboyant and cocky, beat poet Bunthorne (Adam Albion) bursts onto the stage, surrounded by a swarm of swooning girls who emulate his attire and shadow his every move, swaying rapturously with every flourish of his poetic pen. The effect is hilarious...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Ginsberg and Sullivan | 12/11/1987 | See Source »

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