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...received blows from Princeton players. Johnson took a knee to the mouth which pushed back one tooth and cut a gash on the inside of her lip that required seven stitches. Minutes later, a Princton defensman caught St. Louis' leg when both brought their knees up to meet a waist-high bouncer, forcing the Crimson star to the sidelines with a bruised knee. Both players are expected to play on Tuesday against Massachusetts...
...famished, the icemen impressively scratched for their next two goals Bob McDonald, reinstated after being benched against Brown, drag bunted the rebound of a John Dunderdale shot in at 11:30 to make it 2-0. Moffett appeared to have gloved Dunder's attempt, but the puck squirted out waist-high and McDonald was positioned perfectly in the batter...
...Beirut these days the scene is almost a daily occurrence. A Lebanese merchant who had abandoned his shop at the height of fighting in the 1975-76 civil war appears at the door one morning, surveys the damage and sets about the job of reopening. Raking out waist-high rubble and empty shell casings the merchant uncovers the rotting remains of an unknown man, stripped naked by brigands of who can say which side. The owner, a Christian, shifts his rake to his left hand and crosses himself with his right. Then he pushes the body to the gutter...
Torrijos, son of rural schoolteachers, frequently visits the countryside and delights in slogging through waist-high water in the jungle. "Once in a while," he has said, "a leader must get his feet wet and mud on his boots." But his laws against dismissal of workers and eviction of tenants for nonpayment of rent have contributed to the country's economic problems. Panama's foreign debt is now $700 million, while unemployment has soared to 12% nationally, and is much higher in urban areas. The economy has remained virtually stagnant since...
...familiar figure around Time Inc. since 1943, Griffith used to be a writer, senior editor and assistant managing editor at TIME. In 1959, he wrote The Waist-High Culture, an analysis of such ills of American society as materialism and the decline of excellence. Later he became senior staff editor for all Time Inc. publications and editor of LIFE. Now, in addition to writing "Newswatch" and TIME Essays, he contributes frequently to FORTUNE and the Atlantic Monthly...