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When the RPI hockey team scores eight goals to whip New Hampshire and then destroys Harvard, 9-1, it's a pretty good bet that the Engineers have better personnel than either team, right...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Holt on Hockey | 12/10/1980 | See Source »

Michel, 57, who has represented the Peoria area for twelve terms, has been minority whip, the No. 2 Republican leader, since 1975. A veteran of countless floor battles, he is a walking Robert's Rules of Order, well skilled in rallying congressional colleagues to party positions. Known for his ability to work amicably with Democrats, Michel claims that only he could push the Reagan Administration program through a House in which the opposing party will have a 51-vote majority. "I've made a point to have friends on the other side," says Michel. "When our position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Toe to Toe | 12/8/1980 | See Source »

...focused most of her comments on her own fashions, she also answered some of the audience's questions. Feidorak's solution for those difficult days when women must go from the office to evening is to wear a dark suit with the ascot shirt, and when evening rolls around whip out a slinky camisole...

Author: By Esme C. Murphy, | Title: B-School Students Admire Fashions | 12/5/1980 | See Source »

...said to him, 'You were Governor of a state, but a Governor plays in the minor leagues. Now you're in the big leagues. Things might not move as quickly as you like.' He seemed a little surprised when I said that." Reported Majority Whip John Brademas: "Tip was kind of counseling him like father...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: How to Charm a City | 12/1/1980 | See Source »

...picked up its three championships in tackle football, field hockey, and women's soccer. The Q-men copped the football crown by defeating the SoHo Rebels in a rematch of last year's House Super Bowl. Not content with just the Harvard crown, the Quincy team went on to whip the Yale champions, Calhoun-Berkley, for the Ivy laurels...

Author: By Howard N. Mead, | Title: Quincy in Straus Cup Lead; Winthrop, Kirkland Stay Close | 11/26/1980 | See Source »

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