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After a punt, the Crimson took over at its own 34, On 3rd-and-long, Yohe found running back Bob Glatz over the middle at the Harvard 44. Glatz picked the ball out of a swarm of Dartmouth defenders. The quarter ended with Harvard on top, 7-0, and Harvard in posession of the ball...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: Gridders Turn Green Black and Blue | 10/17/1987 | See Source »

...rescue the impossibly beautiful Buttercup (Robin Wright) from a monarchy full of dastards. To do this, he will outduel the expert swordsman Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin), outwit the scheming Sicilian Vizzini (Wallace Shawn) and outwrestle a rodent of unusual size. Buttercup will survive an attack by a swarm of shrieking eels and an attempt on her honor by wicked Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon), whom Westley will climactically engage in a fight "to the pain." There will be a duel of styles too: of romantic grandeur against the balloon-pricking impishness of a cast culled from Saturday Night Live (Billy Crystal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Errol Flynn Meets Gunga Din THE PRINCESS BRIDE | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

...Atlantic. At Sagaponack Beach on Long Island, N.Y., they spread their blankets, then sat down, crossed their legs, closed their eyes, lifted palms upward and waited intently for the sunrise. With the first blush of light across the horizon, the throng unleashed a high-velocity "oommm" that rivaled a swarm of yellow jackets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: A New Age Dawning | 8/31/1987 | See Source »

...could wreak havoc. Unlike a standard nuclear explosion, which would vaporize the pellets and barrel, this one would spray the pellets through space at speeds up to 100 times that of a high-velocity rifle bullet. These pellets could not only burst the decoy balloons that would accompany a swarm of warheads but also destroy incoming missiles before their warheads were released...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Third Generation of Nukes | 5/25/1987 | See Source »

When a busload of marchers from Atlanta arrived on Jan. 17, they encountered a swarm of about 300 opponents, some in Klansmen's sheets, some in military fatigues, who greeted them with rocks, bottles, clots of mud and chants of "Go home, niggers!" Four of the 90-odd marchers were injured, and eight attackers were arrested before the march broke off. "It is amazing," said Atlanta City Councilman Hosea Williams, who was hit twice by flying stones, "that this kind of racial violence can happen in this country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Racism On The Rise | 2/2/1987 | See Source »

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