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Britz gained some enemies among the Clarkson defensemen for passing through Sylvestri's neighborhood a few times too often. Sophomore blueliner Dave Fretz, in particular, came to know Britz well enough to blindside him after the winning goal, leaving the Crimson right wing with a nasty welt on his neck...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: Cagers, Icemen Notch Intersession Victories | 2/2/1983 | See Source »

...show did get scattered applause. West Germany's newspaper Die Welt marveled at American "spontaneity and verve in coping with things recognized as right." While observing that such an enterprise "could only happen under Ronald Reagan," the Montreal Gazette was approving: "Though Poles can no longer speak for themselves, in the West we can at least speak for them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Better to Let Poland Be? | 2/8/1982 | See Source »

...example, Susan says, "At one point in high school, I was vomiting three or four times a day and I had a big red welt on the back of my hand where my teeth scraped when I put my fingers down my throat. It was then that I started throwing up blood and I got scared about what I was doing to myself...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Living to Eat | 12/14/1981 | See Source »

...nickname "Cap the Knife" testifies to his reputation as a ruthless budget cutter. His anti-Soviet rhetoric is at least as bellicose as that of his Cabinet colleague Secretary of State Alexander Haig. Reflecting on the recent European visit of Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, the West German newspaper Die Welt complained that he came across like "a Roman proconsul," and a top British defense official said, "He has a way of dropping grenades around the china shop." Another British diplomat softened that blow a bit by saying, "I'd call his performance one of stubbornness with charm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Softly, with a Big Stick | 4/27/1981 | See Source »

...well as its enemies, held the same scathing view of Reagan as being as flashy and light as Hollywood tinsel. But now that he has been elected, some are taking a second and much more hopeful look at him as President. Said the conservative West German newspaper Die Welt: "Confronted with political reality, President Reagan might show more flexibility than he did as a candidate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Accentuating the Positive | 11/24/1980 | See Source »

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