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Stepping in at the 133-pound class, freshman Brandon Rhoades started the pounding with his 11-9 win. At 141 pounds, Damien Billow crushed his opponent, 19-7, while tri-captain Joel Friedman brought his match to a speedy end at 149 pounds with a technical fall...

Author: By Jodie L. Pearl, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wrestling Wins Pair, Slips vs. No. 17 Cornell | 2/16/1999 | See Source »

Waller's neighbor, Joseph P. Weidle '99, lives in a less shocking but equally impressive version of the libido lair. Again, the bed is the centerpiece of the room, but here the pallet conjures up the aura of an Arabian harem. Paisley print canopies billow across the bed frame and ceiling, dimming the light to a romantic incandescence. Lava lamps rest mounted from the bed frame and a teddy bear reclines near the pillows while the ubiquitous mirror paneling covers the adjacent walls. "It's so comfortable, I can't get out of bed," Weidle comments...

Author: By Debra P. Hunter, | Title: Rooms Built For Love, and Then Some | 11/12/1998 | See Source »

Suddenly, after the puzzling signals began to billow [from the Sistine Chapel chimney], the Vatican's ranking Cardinal-deacon in the Sacred College, appeared at the Window of the Benediction in St. Peter's Basilica. His Latin words boomed out over loudspeakers: "Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum. Habemus Papam!" (I announce to you a great joy. We have a Pope!) "He is the Most Eminent and Most Reverend Lord Cardinal Albino Luciani, who has taken the name of John Paul the First...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1973-1980 Limits | 3/9/1998 | See Source »

Furthermore, Mrs. Huber said that clouds of smoke frequently billow down the block...

Author: By Aby. Fung, | Title: Faculty Club Too Noisy, Neighbors Say | 2/26/1997 | See Source »

...POOL SITS SO STILL AND CLEAR THAT it remains utterly invisible unless glimpsed from an angle. Suspended overhead, cream-colored puffs of rock billow within arm's reach, seeming to defy gravity. Welcome to Lake of the Clouds, an enchanted spot of earth that has never seen the sun or felt the morning dew. Carved out of solid rock nearly 1 million years ago, this bewitching chamber lies 300 m (1,000 ft.) below the floor of the New Mexican desert at the lowest point in Carlsbad Cavern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Subterranean Secrets | 11/30/1992 | See Source »

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