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This time around, it wasn't so appealing. Though the initial volley was something to behold, it did little to upset Eliot, one of the East's finest goaltenders. He finished the game with 42 saves, nearly stealing a much needed win from the Crimson And Further more, littering the ice became distressingly contagious...

Author: By Michael Bann, | Title: A Not-So-Bright Night | 2/14/1983 | See Source »

...victor is supposed to leap the net magnanimously, not be dragged over it ignominiously. But after an exhibition volley with Martina Navratilova, 26, Duncan, the New Jersey Nets' team mascot, gave her an oaf-handed shake that she would probably like to forget. Navratilova could afford a forgiving smile though: last week she erased any doubts (held by Chris Evert Lloyd) about who is the top-ranked player in women's tennis. Winning the Toyota championship in New Jersey, Navratilova defeated Lloyd 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, for the $75,000 purse, season earnings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 3, 1983 | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

...headed for the White House." At 2:25 p.m., Mayer allowed the hostages inside the monument to leave. As dusk settled, he seemed prepared to spend the night. Suddenly, just after 7:20, the van lurched away from the monument, sheering off a flagpole next to the obelisk. A volley of shots from police marksmen rang out; the truck swerved and tipped over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Man's Tragic Protest | 12/20/1982 | See Source »

...then the verbal volley suddenly stopped. In a warm, conciliatory speech before the assembled businessmen at a Kremlin dinner, Premier Tikhonov called for "normal and, even better, friendly relations" between the two countries. At the end of Tikhonov's talk, Hartman told the Premier, "Now that's what I call a good speech." Tikhonov smiled faintly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: The Andropov Era Begins | 11/29/1982 | See Source »

Yale opened the scoring early, when Eli senior forward Kevin Maher-a bona fide All-America candidate-rammed home a right-football half volley at 7:43 from a heading cross that goalkeeper Matt Ginsburg mishandled...

Author: By L. JOSEPH Garcia, | Title: Elis Whip Booters in Season Finale | 11/22/1982 | See Source »

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