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Rubin partially doused the flames with a wet towel, and another students who lives upstairs from the suite used and fire extinguisher to finish...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fire Damages Winthrop Room After Students Light Menorah | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

...hurts," sparkplug Joe Azelby said of Saturday's setback. "But we're not going to throw in the towel...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Demolition Derby | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

...former sheriff of San Jacinto and two of his deputies were recently found guilty of using a "water torture," on prisoners. Six victims testified that they were handcuffed to a table or chair with a towel wrapped tightly around their faces. Water was poured over the towel, nearly drowning the men unless they confessed to alleged crimes...

Author: By Errol T. Louis, | Title: When the Tough Get Going | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

...mounting a soap box. So if you think you've done well, release me. If not, don't release me, because it would only exacerbate the situation." He wanted me to give my word that I was throwing in the towel. Finally he said, "The law will have to take its course, suit yourself," and he gave me the death sentence. But they never carried it out. I always felt that he might not like me, but that I was a sparring mate for him, and he would be lonely without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He Would Be Lonely Without Me: Benigno Aquino and Marcos | 9/5/1983 | See Source »

...fifth inning of a Yankee-Blue Jay game. Winfield had just finished his warmup tosses when he turned and whipped the ball to a ball boy. It hit the hapless gull, which had been idly perched on the turf. A ball boy came out, shrouded the corpse in a towel and tenderly removed it. For Winfield, who spent the rest of the game ducking balls and junk thrown by jeering fans, it marked the ignominious end to an evening of uneven achievements: one single, one double, one seagull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Case of the Fouled Fowl | 8/15/1983 | See Source »

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