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...first Sunday of the month, the padre drives in with his toothless organist and holds the service whenever he arrives. The other Sundays the padre does not come, but the women and girls dress up in their veils anyway and say a few more "God willing's" than usual. The men--and maybe the rich Senora from the nearby ranch--stand about in a circle and discuss the work on the road or the unlikely prospect of raising sufficient funds to pipe water into the town. Don Leonardo is their selected leader--with his tall stature, good looks, blue eyes...

Author: By Sage Sohier, | Title: Glimpse of a Mexican Village | 12/10/1973 | See Source »

...Harvard soccer team faces Princeton at 10:30 a.m. today, with the usual toothless offense and an unusually long pre-game injury list. Crimson halfbacks Rick LaCivita, Tony VanNeil, and Bob Auritt along with goalie Steve Kidder are injured and are doubtful starters for the last Harvard home game of the season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Injuries May Hamper Booters In Ivy Match Against Tigers | 11/10/1973 | See Source »

...games are over. Today, having primed on non-league foes UMass and B.U., Harvard begins the real season--the Ivy League season--with Columbia at the Stadium. And the toothless Lions that have migrated up from the Big Apple, should do little to alter the Crimson's winning ways...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Crimson Kicks Off Ivy League Campaign Today | 10/13/1973 | See Source »

...Toothless Drift. Such quaint practices were doomed in 1968, when the Times offered a sizable block of shares to the public. Investors were pleased by record profits in 1969, but the costly 1970 labor settlement and declining earnings provoked much criticism of the company's management. Sulzberger candidly admits that "we were drifting, but we really had not, as a management team, put any teeth into doing anything about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Showdown in New York | 2/19/1973 | See Source »

...union crews are an odd assortment of kids and "union types." For every toothless 50-year old veteran of hockey riots, there's a pimply-faced adolescent in a Mickey Mouse T-shirt. They're setting up the orchestra chairs in blocks of four on the cement floor. The leader of a Garden union crew is easy to find. He's shouting. In fact, all pre-show vocal business at the Garden is carried out at the top of the lungs...

Author: By Frederick Boyd, | Title: 'You Guys Aren't Exactly Muscle Beach' | 7/28/1972 | See Source »

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