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Hexagonal kites, hang gliders and children's plastic Hi-Fliers dominated the skies Saturday and left mounds of tangled twine in their wake during the 12th annual Great Boston Kite Festival on Roxbury's Franklin Park Golf Course...

Author: By Cheryl R. Devall, | Title: Flying Kites--A Better Use of Air | 5/13/1980 | See Source »

George Boudreau banged home the prettiest goal of the night, a wrist shot that was bending the twine in the left corner of the net before the St. John's netminder even noticed...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Matignon Captures State Hockey Title In Lopsided St. Patrick's Day Battle | 3/18/1980 | See Source »

Harvard's offense hummed along with a fast-break play, eluding Barnard's poorly-constructed man-to-man defense with ease and showering a steady stream of baskets through the home twine...

Author: By Sara J. Nicholas, | Title: Cagers Trounce Barnard Lions, 74-29 | 2/2/1980 | See Source »

When Cullity's shot stretched the twine high to Lau's right Harvard's ECAC record dropped below .500 for the first time all season, and made defeating Brown a virtual necessity. The few veterans on this year's freshman-dominated squad could recall the first Saturday in January a year ago, when the Bruins trudged into Brookline and skated Harvard into the Walter Brown Arena ice, 7-3, before a national T.V. audience. Likewise, the prospect of a six-game losing streak did not appeal to the Crimson...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Icemen Fall to Vermont, 4-3, Rebound to Bury Brown, 9-5 | 1/7/1980 | See Source »

...coronary spasm." At the University of California in Los Angeles, Cardiologist Albert Kattus and his team were doing a coronary bypass operation on a woman when suddenly one of the vessels began to constrict. As that happened, Kattus recalls, "we could feel that her coronary artery was tough like twine instead of soft and pliable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Big Squeeze | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

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