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...years ago, the Harvard hockey team came one flick of the wrist away from immortality...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Days When Michigan State Was Champion | 3/18/1988 | See Source »

Hockey players may wear pads, but not bulletproof vests. Taking a slap shot in the chest hurts a little more than, say, receiving a slap on the wrist...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Icemen Blast Cats, 7-1 In Consolation Game | 3/14/1988 | See Source »

...slap-on-the-wrist penance package infuriated many national Assemblies leaders and church folk in general, who clogged the Springfield switchboard with calls protesting the special treatment. After all, until church law was changed in 1973, a clergyman who made such a confession would have been expelled for two years, though most left for good. Even under today's more lenient rules, it is unprecedented for an Assemblies minister caught in a sex scandal to be barred from the pulpit for less than a year. Headquarters was also perturbed that the Louisiana district had announced its plan publicly rather than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Now It's Jimmy's Turn | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...system of apartheid. Any one of these conclusions is readily believeable, but not one of them is excusable. It is inconceivable that an administration that claims such a fervent commitment to the principles of freedom and democracy on the one hand could issue a mere slap on the wrist to a government that tortures schoolchildren...

Author: By Sharmian L. White, | Title: Reagan's Hypocrisy in S. Africa | 3/5/1988 | See Source »

Char Joslin: The freshman sensation has become a sophomore sensation. She leads the team in goals scored, and is a threat to connect from anywhere. She can deke, fire a wrist shot in traffic or load up her famous cannon. Princeton keyed on her constantly last week but it didn't work--she got two third-period goals...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Icewomen Will Host Ivy Tourney; Winner Gets ECAC Playoff Bid | 2/26/1988 | See Source »

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