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But Friday night was quiet. Fifty thousand fans filed out of Olympic Stadium, victims of a one-man wrecking crew named Mike Schmidt. The Philadelphia slugger had knocked home both runs of a 2-1 victory, one with a sacrifice fly and one with a homer. Frank Edwin "Tug" McGraw...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Tears of a Town | 10/7/1980 | See Source »

Shagari's clout was evident at the July summit of the Organization of African Unity in Freetown, Sierra Leone. When the organization threatened to founder over the divisive issue of Morocco's war against the Algeria-backed Polisario guerrillas in the former Spanish Sahara, Shagari defused the crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NIGERIA: Wielding Africa's Oil Weapon | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

Their fans--having welded emotions and season-ticket dollars to the fortunes of an erratic two-dozen men who would provoke expectations of ecstasy only to deflate them--were "a rope stretched across an abyss."

Author: By Jim Hershberg, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Iced Nietzsche | 9/30/1980 | See Source »

In those surroundings of tight security and contention, the oil cartel last week was seeking to reach agreement on a long-range pricing and production strategy. Several key OPEC countries, including Saudi Arabia, want to replace the current erratic increases in the cost of crude oil with a system of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Still Another OPEC Price Hike | 9/29/1980 | See Source »

It's question not easily answered. On stage, Langston is a hysterically funny bagged bundle of raw adrenalin, frantically moving from one side of the stage to another, arms zigzagging in all directions like erratic thunderbolts. On top of his head is a simple brown bag, two holes for eyes...

Author: By Bill Braunstein, | Title: THE UNKNOWN COMIC | 9/18/1980 | See Source »

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