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...booters, freshman Trace Whitley also lived up to her advance billing Whitley who played for the national 19-and-under squad showed poise all afternoon. Although the impotent Springfield attack gave the Raleigh, N.C. native few opportunities to show her agility, Whitley took control of the game in the Harvard half of the field with her aggressive ball distribution...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Talented Freshman in Goal Means 3-0 Win in Bag | 9/19/1984 | See Source »

...chapters of Eruntics is unbelievably boring by virtue of its pedantry, prolixity, and continued interlarding of the text with photograms, tables, and graphs which make it difficult to digest." A five-volume History of Bitic Literature is conveniently boiled down to prefaces from the first and second editions. They trace the evolution of the computer from a programmed and hence "unthinking" machine into a dazzling array of autonomous intelligences, producing unbidden works of literature, "bitic texts which in varying degrees are unintelligible to humans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sci-Phi | 9/17/1984 | See Source »

When we went to purchase a new washer and dryer, the Sears salesperson was more interested in selling an expensive service contract than in explaining the machines. The 50 baby chicks ordered in April have not yet arrived; there is no trace of the order except on our bill. Last summer it took more than six weeks to get a part for our Sears riding mower. Perhaps a little less attention to investments, real estate and insurance and more attention to value and service will help Sears continue its success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Super Sears | 9/10/1984 | See Source »

Infertility is easier to trace in men, but often much harder to treat. The commonest problems are low sperm counts and blocked sperm ducts. Among all men, 15% have varicose veins on the left testicle, which can reduce sperm production. Certain drugs and chemicals such as insecticides can also lower sperm counts. A man's fecundity also decreases with age, although not with the dramatic finality of female menopause. Happily, the source of infertility in couples can be diagnosed 95% of the time, and half of all these cases can be treated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Saddest Epidemic | 9/10/1984 | See Source »

...Maggie in the 1958 London production of Cat) makes Big Mama a more sympathetically human figure than one has a right to expect. Only Rip Torn, as Big Daddy, seems miscast. He has the bluster but not the bombast of the aging tycoon, and his Southern accent contains a trace of irony that seems to emanate from the actor, not the character. This is a Medium-Size Daddy at best. Still, the play, and Lange, tower above the rest of an arid summer's TV offerings. -By Richard Zoglin

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Maggie the Cat Is Alive! | 8/27/1984 | See Source »

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