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Middlebury lost the team title in the cross country event when bad wax left them with their top finishers in tenth and 18th places. For the Crimson, Compton was 22nd but no one else ran well. Boyle finished 30th and John Rikert was 33rd...

Author: By Robert Decherd, | Title: Lack of Nordic Depth Threatens Ski Status | 2/24/1971 | See Source »

...candle is grape: a wax grape soda with straw, to be precise, but a candle nonetheless. It was a gift from my sister. My sister is only seventeen and therefore not a Harvard graduate, but nonetheless insane...

Author: By Carol R. Sternhell, | Title: Nostalgia If It's Cold and Snowy and Miserable Out There, It Must Be Reading Period | 1/18/1971 | See Source »

...defense also belatedly learned that wax droppings had been found at the murder scene and that these also did not match any possible sources of wax in the house. The prosecution did not mention this information before the hearing, though MacDonald had maintained from the beginning that one of the intruders had carried a soft, candlelike light while chanting "Acid is groovy. Kill the pigs. Hit 'em again." Then there were the unidentified fingerprints. Though 46 such prints were found-including one in blood in Mrs. MacDonald's jewelry box-none was ever sent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Captain MacDonald's Ordeal | 1/11/1971 | See Source »

...tablets, which bore an early form of the Elamite language, and 84 blank tablets were found on the floor of one room. Large jars for grain storage and cylindrical seals to make impressions in wax were also found...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mid-East Dig Discovers Unknown Culture | 1/6/1971 | See Source »

...talk to anyone who has come to us expressing his own interest in the decision. But we're reluctant to add any names at this point because, after all, we're not going to try to spring a new man on everyone and go through the whole ball of wax-with group discussions and everything-again...

Author: By Scott W. Jacobs, | Title: Burr Says Announcement of a President Not Due Until January 4, Maybe Later | 12/9/1970 | See Source »

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