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...Crimson defense relaxed in the final period and allowed tow goals by B.C.'s Lynn Muray, but three more Harvard tallies made the final a devastating...

Author: By David L. Yermack, | Title: Chances for Winning Season Grow; Icewomen Demolish B.C. Eagles, 13-2 | 2/9/1982 | See Source »

...recordings at the Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, N.Y. After three years of technical doctoring and close study, Butow re-created a Roosevelt talking indiscreetly with his aides about Japanese military threats, the black arts of politics and the sex life of his 1940 Republican opponent, Wendell Willkie. Bu tow insists that Roosevelt had no "Machiavellian designs," and that the recorder "was never used to entrap anyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: F.D.R. on Tape | 1/25/1982 | See Source »

...personalities. "Thank y'all. 'Preciate it," they would invariably say when congratulated for a good shot. "Well, I jus' try to play one hole at a time," they would slowly explain to sportswriters. No character. They composed a lumpy, mushy group of golfers, with all the sensibilities of a tow truck...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: From Tee to Green: A Christmas Tale | 12/9/1981 | See Source »

...Tow, executive director of the NCAA, said that re-admission is never permanent, and "open only to institutions who show they can meet the requirements after time." Unless schools prove they are moving toward programs comparable to those of Division 1-A member institutions, it is unlikely that the members will readmit them, Two said...

Author: By John Rippey, | Title: NCAA Sets Dec. 21 Deadline On 1-A Eligibility Requirement | 12/8/1981 | See Source »

There is only one thing worse than having a car towed away for parking violations: getting the automobile back after it has been taken by police. The process can consume an entire day and involve almost as much hassle and humbling as being drummed out of the regiment. Endless hours must be spent in lines leading to sometimes abusive traffic-court clerks who treat parking offenders as if they were homicide suspects. Policemen and judges often heap scorn on a miscreant. Tow-truck operators can be just as surly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ticket Away | 11/30/1981 | See Source »

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