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...week after the triplet of southern primaries is the Illinois contest, a vital test for both Republicans and Democrats. On the surface, things look good for Kennedy: large Northern industrial states are traditionally good for liberal Democrats, and he received the normally election-clinching endorsement of Chicago mayor Jane M. Byrne and the Cook County machine...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: New Hampshire is Only the Beginning | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

...electric version, in which Crazy Horse--Young's old backup band restored--bleats out a barbaric triplet after each line, sounds eerily nihilistic, as though Young were trying to convince himself that his alternately cliched and obscure lyrics could lead him to some Fountain of Youth for him and his coevals...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: My Generation, Past Thirty | 7/27/1979 | See Source »

Seconds from Ed Sheehan in the 10,000-meter run, and John Chafee in the 800-meter run, and a triplet of thirds from freshman John Murphy in the 1500-meters, Peter Fitzsimmons in the steeplechase, and Reed Eichner in the 5000-meters, comprised the bulk of the high Harvard scoring...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Trackmen Take Second Behind Huskies at GBC's | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

...chain of twelve nucleotides, for example, each three successive nucleotides determine a protein. The Cambridge group found that the same nucleotide may be part of different triplet patterns beginning with the first in the sequence and the second or third...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Researchers Acclaim New British Genetic Discovery | 2/28/1977 | See Source »

...Italian accent is heavy and rich. At Richard-Ginori, customers select chinaware priced from $20 to $700 per place setting. Fashion Designer Valentino Garavani, whose ready-to-wear cocktail dresses can cost $800, has turned his Fifth Avenue boutique into an identical triplet of his Rome and Milan extravaganzas-all mirrors, brass and thick beige carpet. Mario of Florence, who sells women's shoes at from $82 to $420 a pair, operates out of a grand salon that could have been lifted from a jet-age Florentine palazzo. Roberta di Camerino's place, which specializes in sportswear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Quinta Strada | 5/31/1976 | See Source »

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