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Triple-winner David Lundberg's long-awaited rematch with Princeton ace John Christensen was a wipe-out. Christensen opened a slight lead in the first 50, but Lundberg caught him at the third turn and left the defending champion in his wake, churning home...

Author: By John S. Bruce, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Aquamen Romp at Eastern Seaboards | 3/3/1980 | See Source »

...carrying on the war against the Ethiopians and their Cuban and Soviet allies. "This is a town of warriors," said a grim-faced herdsman who, like almost every other man in town, had an AK-47 assault rifle slung over his shoulder. "If I had the power, I would wipe the Ethiopians off the face of the earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOMALIA: War in a Barren Wasteland | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

...regular keeps him in the air and on the road some eight months a year. Accustomed to long periods of time on her own, Jean Rather paints (several of her oils hang in the apartment), goes gallery and museum hopping and plays a fierce game of tennis (she can wipe her husband off the court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Houston Hurricane | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

...that spurred the U.S. civil rights movement 24 years ago. Who should know better than Rosa Parks, 64. In December 1955 Parks was a tired Montgomery, Ala., domestic who refused to surrender her seat on a bus to a white man. Her arrest spurred black civil disobedience that helped wipe out segregation laws. Honored last week with a Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize, Parks joined hands with Coretta Scott King and former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young for an emotional prayer service. Then to set the record straight, she explained that she was already active in civil rights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 28, 1980 | 1/28/1980 | See Source »

Cause we could take our BBguns Blow your buns to the sun Just our Boy Scouts could wipe you out. Some day soon, Khomeini You'll burn one flag too many Uncle Sam has got his pride You 're about to feel his clout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Schlock | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

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