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...speaking here of a man who sincerely believes that trading good grades for sex is "a pure, almost abstract example of tit for tat." A man who affectionately refers to his libido as "the Barker machine," characterizes women by their morals and their bodies (i.e., Gloria: lapsed Catholic, enormous boobs) and concludes that two attractive women out together are automatically lesbians (Why else would they choose the company of another woman over that...

Author: By Ennifer M. Frey, | Title: Sexism and Slime in the Psychology Department | 8/18/1989 | See Source »

...tat expulsions that left officials on both sides of the superpower divide grumbling, the Soviets and the Americans each ousted a military attache on charges of espionage. The first blow was struck by the U.S. two weeks ago, when it expelled Lieut. Colonel Yuri Pakhtusov from the Soviet embassy in Washington. State Department and FBI officials accused Pakhtusov of having received classified information about computer-security programs. Pakhtusov allegedly got the documents from an American employee of a U.S. company that does business with the Government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Espionage: Yeah? Well, Take That! | 3/27/1989 | See Source »

...long debate President Carter's 1980 decision following the invasion of Afghanistan to snub the only Olympics ever held in the Soviet Union. They will debate as well whether the Soviets avoided Los Angeles four years later out of fear about security, as claimed, or as retaliatory tit for tat. To most athletes, the underlying stratagems do not matter: to them, the very definition of an Olympics is that every Olympian talent must be there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Colliding Myths After a Dozen Years | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...feel good on defense," junior Stacey Moran said. "I feel confident tat I have my person covered and that I can see if someone else needs help...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: It's The Defense That Wins Championships | 4/29/1988 | See Source »

...true, Harvard went. But not before putting up a good fight on the ice and a good rat-a-tat-tat, take that in the stands...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: When the Cheers Changed into Tears | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

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