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...game for them, coach? Granted, Yale netminder Paul Tortorella was his team's saving grace, with 36 stops including seven tough-to-unbelievable ones in overtime. But, more than 3350 spectators--the largest crowd of the year--would swear they saw Harvard and Yale play to a 1-1 tie at Bright Center Saturday night...

Author: By Michael Bass, | Title: Icemen Hog-Tied By Elis at Bright Center, 1-1 | 2/8/1982 | See Source »

...mother, a healthy-minded Quaker, grew increasingly devoted to profanity as she aged. By 80, she had developed a good rule: "It's all right to swear, but not at people." Thus "Damn!" is fine, but not "Damn you!"; so is "Hell!" but not "Go to Hell!" However, my brother and I were permitted to say, "Damn thy hide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 4, 1982 | 1/4/1982 | See Source »

Actually, when you throw it against a wall or very high in the air, it begins to moan; after about 15 seconds, it manages a husky "I love you." The doll's name? "Dumpelina." Swear...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Toys for the Real Generation | 12/9/1981 | See Source »

...picked up the Prince. Other top "Princelings" include super star Sammy Giammalva, age 18, Schlomo Glickstein of Israel, and Hollywood heartthrob Vince Van Patten. In the future the plethora of oversized racquets will become even more impressive as more than on-half of the U.S. Junior Davis Cup players "swear"'by oversized racquets...

Author: By Steven M. Arkow, | Title: Making Headway: A Prince Turns King | 12/4/1981 | See Source »

Judge Constantine P. (Dick) Lantz, 47, was all set for his inauguration as president of the American Judges Association, a nationwide organization of city, county, state and federal judges. The newest Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor, had accepted his invitation to swear him in. But three days before the ceremony, several newspaper stories reported that Lantz had been reprimanded last October for judicial misconduct by Florida's Judicial Qualifications Commission; their action and a $3,000 fine was upheld by a unanimous vote of the state supreme court. In a plea bargain that got 13 charges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Briefs: Nov. 16, 1981 | 11/16/1981 | See Source »

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