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...many obstacles they face on the way to writing the headline make it tricker than you might think to write one that tells...

Author: By Tara H. Arden-smith, | Title: Reader Representative | 4/7/1995 | See Source »

...elusive that it took months for scientists to identify it after it struck at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia in 1976. Now, it turns out, the bacterium Legionella pneumophila is even tricker than anyone suspected. Researchers Marcus Horwitz and Samuel Silverstein of Manhattan's Rockefeller University have found that it belongs to a select group of bacteria that evade the body's immune system by turning it to their own advantage. Like the microbes that cause tuberculosis and leprosy, the bug is what scientists dub an intracellular pathogen. It invades white blood cells called monocytes, which normally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Capsules, May 26, 1980 | 5/26/1980 | See Source »

That leaves sophomore scoring machine Fidler, Beanpot hat-tricker Micky Mullen, hustling Marc Hetnik, and highly-touted freshman Rob Davies. That's more than enough...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Icemen Cross Charles For First 'Home' Game | 12/2/1978 | See Source »

Caldwell has a mastery of T-formation strategy, and has adapted some of its best ideas to fit the single-wing style he has always championed. The result is an attack that is more powerful than the T, tricker than the single-wing, and extremely difficult for the defense to penetrate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tigers' Attack Shows Impressive Blocking As Stevens Stars | 11/8/1951 | See Source »

Governors Saltonstall, Dewey, and Tricker were invited to speak at the initial forum of the organization, which will be held within the next two weeks. None of the three has as yet accepted. In its first meeting the League decided to distribute an open letter disclosing its cause and telling of its initial speaker. The club also excluded from membership any person who is enrolled with the Harvard Liberal Union or the American Youth for Democracy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CONSERVATIVE LEAGUE STARTS; THIRTY ATTEND | 9/8/1944 | See Source »

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