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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Robinson's incensed classmates and comrades assembled at a noon meeting, where they swore not to attend another college exercise as long as Woodbury remained a member of the class...

Author: By Thomas J. Meyer, | Title: The Great Rebellion of 1823 | 2/17/1982 | See Source »

...never saw a team as fired up as Boston College," Cleary says. "We always asked the B.C. players who they were supposed to win for this time. We swore Snooks sent himself inspiring telegrams and then read them aloud in the locker room...

Author: By Gwen Knapp, | Title: A Visit With Snooks | 2/1/1982 | See Source »

...time Abu Eain's hearing was held in Chicago before Federal Magistrate Olga Jurco in the fall of 1979, Yassin had repudiated his testimony and insisted that Abu Eain was not involved in the bombing. Abu Eain, moreover, produced affidavits from a dozen friends and relatives, who swore that at the time of the bombing he was in Ramallah, a two-hour drive from Tiberias. Jurco nevertheless ruled that there was "probable cause" to believe that Abu Eain may be guilty; in effect, she held that the conflicting evidence should properly be aired in an Israeli court. The judge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Furor over an Extradition | 1/4/1982 | See Source »

...turned menacing then. "That's where I want them." Even before the teams went back to the feared Bronx, where bottles sometimes outfly Frisbees, Steinbrenner struck. He came home with a cast on one mitt and a story of two New York-hating brigands in an elevator. George swore both fell to his flashing fists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Beating the New York Jinx | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

...make my contribution," swore Yankee Slugger Dave Winfield, who went hitless through four games. The hobbled Jackson came back from the bench to get two singles and a homer in the fourth game, but that was not enough to prevent the Dodgers from winning 8-7 and tying the Series at two games apiece. "Not many days left in October," brooded Reggie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Looking for That October Magic | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

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