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So George F. Baer achieved American duncehood during the Pennsylvania coal strike of 1902, when a resident of Wilkes-Barre wrote to him, as chief spokesman for the mine owners, to express anxiety at the ravages of the strike. Baer decided to explain himself. In a letter that was later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Letting Bad Enough Alone | 10/13/1980 | See Source »

Says Forward James Wilkes: "It slowed down my development offensively. The first coach labeled me a defensive player, so I had to prove myself with the next two coaches. It got disappointing at tunes, but I just tried to roll with it." Three of Wilkes' classmates never learned to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: New Cinderella at the Ball | 3/24/1980 | See Source »

After cruising through the first day's competition without a loss, 134-pounder Rick Kief suffered his first setback on a 17-10 loss to Brian Billing of Wilkes Saturday morning in the quarterfinals. Billing went on to finish second and qualify for the NCAAs.

Author: By Michelle D. Healy, | Title: Matmen 12th at Easterns; Kief, Phills Post Fourths | 3/3/1980 | See Source »

For example: since Lincoln's assassination 115 years ago, scores of books have been written about the conspiracy and the characters surrounding it. None has dispelled the legend that the man who was tried and hanged for the crime, Actor John Wilkes Booth, was not the real murderer. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Blending Fantasy with Fact | 1/14/1980 | See Source »

> Fully 114 years after Maryland Physician Samuel Mudd drew a life sentence for complicity in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, President Carter has exonerated him of guilt in his treatment of John Wilkes Booth's broken leg.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Some Cases Never Die, or Even Fade | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

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