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...bummer," said a dejected Chris Sailer as she walked out of the stadium...

Author: By John Beilenson, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Laxwomen Fall in National Semis... | 5/18/1981 | See Source »

Next year, McKinney, who studies American History and drives a shuttle bus when he's not busy curating, will have other things to worry about--he'll be serving in the Peace Corps in Gabon, Africa. "There are no comic books there," he says, "which is kind of a bummer." No formal plans have been made for succession of the Czar's throne, but Quincy House observers are keeping their eyes on Paul Isaacs, a sophomore whom many say is being groomed for the job. "I'd really like take over the collection," says Isaacs. "There's a couple...

Author: By Michael W. Miler, | Title: THE INCREDIBLE COMIC CZAR | 5/18/1981 | See Source »

...nothing but a bummer. [doo-wah, repeat chorus, fade out] --Descartes...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: My Happy Summer in France | 3/17/1981 | See Source »

...panic. Another problem is that people on drugs are likely to freak out in the tank. Daniel bars druggies, and many tank centers make customers sign a paper stating that they have taken no drugs. But even a carefully controlled tank trip can turn out to be a bummer. Daniel's TV executive, who shows up every Friday for a simple soak, had a harrowing first experience: he felt that he was a neutron flying through space at incredible speeds. "I was so scared," he says, "I didn't use the tank for months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Off the Couch and into the Tub | 1/12/1981 | See Source »

...avoid it when you're a shark? Pity poor Bruce, the mechanical monster who cut his teeth on his first starring role-and various fellow players-four years ago in Jaws. Since then it's been mostly downstream for the studio fish: Jaws II, a bummer; a swim-on in a TV series; contract work in a pool on Universal's back lot eating an ersatz fisherman whenever a tour train went by. Now Bruce is in front of the cameras again in the upcoming spook spoof The Nude Bomb. Don Adams, a.k.a. Maxwell Smart, tries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 4, 1980 | 2/4/1980 | See Source »

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