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Surprisingly large numbers of students stayed away from classes Mondy; estimates of the no-shows ranged from 40 to 70 per cent. Those figures are tenuous, though, and include those who were simply unwilling to face picket lines or more interested in the 70-degree sun than in Chem...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Snakes and Ladders | 4/28/1979 | See Source »

Larry Robinson, Serge Savard and Guy Lapointe are secure on "D", but Brian Engblom may be tenuous. Ken Dryden is massive. He leans over and catches shots that other goalies do splits to kick out. Ridiculous...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Two Semi-Tough Series Begin Tonight | 4/26/1979 | See Source »

...administration blames the problems of the Afro-American Studies department on the lack of professors willing to join the department. but while the University keeps the status and funding of the department so tenuous, it can hardly expect to attract outside professors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Support the Boycott | 4/21/1979 | See Source »

With Boston clinging to a tenuous 3-2 lead, defenseman Brad Park and Mike Milbury combined to send Miller into the Penguin zone. The UNH graduate swooped in on goalie Denis Herron, then backhanded the puck past the goalie's stick side with 9:50 left in regulation. Pittsburgh's Orest Kindrachuk beat Gerry Cheevers for his second goal of the night to complete the scoring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bruins Prevail, 4-3, Lead Series, 2-0 | 4/19/1979 | See Source »

...final destination she finds not an old flame (he has been killed in Viet Nam) but his almost psychotic younger brother (Keith Carradine), who has taken the blame for his brother's death on himself. Diane lures him into a sexual relationship that is enough to break his tenuous hold on sanity. It also seems to purge the last of her anguish and she returns home to find Jordan (and mental health) awaiting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Revenger's Tale | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

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