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...headed to the West Coast in order to sell its current mainstream incarnation. Busily writing out proposals, he is joined rudely by Spence (George Saulnier), a self-proclaimed, 17-year-old "romantic drifter." What Time charts three hours of their relationship, and falls straight into the one-act trap of revealing every silly detail about the pair...

Author: By Abigail M. Mcganney, | Title: Alley Oops | 3/7/1987 | See Source »

...that has been prowling hungrily around a Yard dorm common room for more than a week faced a brutal and sticky death earlier this week when it was caught in a trap baited with peanut butter, Weld North residents said yesterday...

Author: By Shannon E. Liss, | Title: Rascal Rodents Run Rampant | 2/17/1987 | See Source »

After several clues pointed to the presence of an unwanted pet in Weld North 28, James H. Colopy '90 laid a trap Friday afternoon in the common room radiator. He checked the trap on Sunday and noticed something had fallen for his bait...

Author: By Shannon E. Liss, | Title: Rascal Rodents Run Rampant | 2/17/1987 | See Source »

Archer, who is married and has two sons, maintained that he had never met Coghlan, much less had a relationship with her. "Foolishly, as I now realize, I allowed myself to fall into what I can only call a trap," he said in a statement. He admitted, however, that he had been telephoned by a woman calling herself Debbie, who later turned out to be Coghlan. She said a client of hers was telling people that she and Archer had "had an association." In later calls Coghlan said she was being hounded by reporters about the purported liaison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain More Scandalous Than Fiction | 11/10/1986 | See Source »

Because Prentice Rasheed knew so little about wiring, he avoided a charge last week. Rasheed is the Miami shopkeeper who became the focus of nationwide publicity last month after a booby trap in his store killed a would-be robber. He claimed that he thought his trap -- a pair of metal grates attached to an outlet by an extension cord -- would merely jolt intruders, not execute them. "I don't know the first thing about electrical wiring," Rasheed insists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Trouble with Fighting Back | 11/10/1986 | See Source »

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