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Mabrey wants her team to spread out its offense, thereby forcing opposing defenses to cover more ground. As the stick women tire, they begin to migrate toward the ball, defenders in tow. The result is a cramped offense that keeps the ball in front of the goal but can't find the back...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Stickwomen Shut Down Bentley, B.U.; Crimson Undefeated After Four Games | 9/27/1982 | See Source »

...whistles the first bars from Johann Strauss's giddy Voices of Spring waltz. All this is enough to make even the mildest of men, Music Teacher Andy Norris (Perry King), reeeally mad, mad enough to set one of the gang members aflame, smash a second with a tire iron and drive a buzz saw through the spine of a third...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: School Daze | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

Because of the way that international loan agreements are arranged, every one of Mexico's 850 lenders will need to go along with the new repayment plan being worked out if it is to succeed. The refusal of a single bank could jeopardize the en tire package. Said one participant at the meeting: "Our main concern is to keep anyone from trying to pull their money out. We are writing the book on how it's done on this one." As the talks wore on, members were in almost constant tele phone contact with Mexico's Finance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Wobbly World of Banking | 9/6/1982 | See Source »

...argued that the strong woman is only this summer's fashion, like Deely Bobbers and E.T., and that most women will soon tire of sweating themselves into fight ing shape. The disco beat at the local health club may begin to sound as monotonous as the old metronome; muscular aerobicians will resent being mistaken for football players; Jane Fonda will find herself another cause and let her deltoids go to flab. Throughout history, women have been alternately starved and stuffed, and no one can guarantee that next year's body heroine won't be Dolly Parton. But to imagine this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Ideal Of Beauty | 8/30/1982 | See Source »

...their men. After the resumption of fighting, there were clashes off and on between the Israelis and Syrian and Palestinian forces around the Beirut airport and in the hills east of the city. On Wednesday, a cloud of black smoke hung over West Beirut from a fire at a tire factory that had been hit by Israeli bombs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beirut: A Fortress Under Heavy Fire | 7/19/1982 | See Source »

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