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...suffering from the not-so-benign neglect of the landlord. Margaret Mary's chief joy and solace is playing the piano, mostly Strauss and Chopin waltzes in tandem with a violin-playing "maiden lady" of about 50 named Cara Varnum (Dorothy Lou-don). Both actresses "fake" their instruments stylishly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Divine Right | 11/30/1981 | See Source »

...made his way to San Pedro, Calif. There DEA agents caught him, despite a suitcase full of fake IDs and passports, because of concern for his dog: he had given a veterinarian his home phone number and the real name of his St. Bernard, Sasha. Special Agent Richard Mangan, a resourceful DEA investigator, recognized the name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life in the Drug Trade | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

...decide to get some food to wash down your drinks with. Or you may just decide to get some more drinks. Either way, you can find what you want near campus. And freshmen rejoice: the drinking age is only 18! So, put away your scuba club card with the fake birthday scratched on it, and join the grownups for a good time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Slaking a Connecticut Thirst | 11/19/1981 | See Source »

...sweep up crooked businessmen, racketeers and a tainted state investigator. One key arrest comes after a manic broken-field chase through the pushcarts and costermongers of New York's Fulton Fish Market. The villain is nabbed just in time to save the life of an undercover agent whose fake identity has been blown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They Always Get Their Man | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

...successful execution of a new play in the team's repertoire--the "back set"--added in part to the team's early success. The play calls for the setter, who is facing perpendicular to the net, to receive the pass up from the back line, fake the set to the teammate she is facing, and, in fact, set up the spiker behind her in an effort to catch the other team off guard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women Spikers Place Fifth In Ivy League Tournament | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

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