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...linens and blankets, a box of chicken, ham with pecans and peanuts, a polished-granite desk name plate, a baseball signed by Hank Aaron, a decorative wall carpet, a wristwatch, three bottles of liquor, a marble-headed golf putter, tennis rackets, fishing gear or hunting outfits, a box of King Edward Imperial cigars, and a real goose egg decorated with gold-leaf filigree and imitation pearls. The Governors' wives received pendants dangling a nugget of Georgia gold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Golden Egg | 11/22/1971 | See Source »

Bloustein emerged from the gymnasium accompanied by a police escort. Many of the students, restricted by New Brunswick police in riot gear, yelled "Sieg Heil" as he left the ceremony...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chanting Students at Rutgers Disrupt Installation Ceremony | 11/12/1971 | See Source »

...Crimson meanwhile will be relying on overall team speed and coordination to topple Brown, Getchell said. "We'll gear ourselves to score by feeding linemen Dragan Vujovic and Leroy Thompson from our halfbacks and wingers," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frosh to Face Brown Soccer | 11/12/1971 | See Source »

...water is in fact locked inside the moon, its presence may be confirmed by electronic surveying gear aboard next year's Apollo 17 flight. Such water could have significance for future lunar explorers and colonizers, who would be relieved of the considerable problem of bringing their supply all the way from earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: A Wet Moon? | 10/25/1971 | See Source »

...model years 1965 through 1969-a total of about 5.6 million cars. The mounts consist of a layer of rubber bonded between two metal plates. When a mount gives, the engine can twist from its moorings while the car is moving. When this happens, it is possible that the gear shift will lock, the car accelerate wildly, and the brakes fail. There have been numerous crashes but no known fatalities; most drivers have remained cool enough to switch off the ignition and come to a stop. Toms' public warning advises owners to take their cars to dealers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The Price of Safety | 10/25/1971 | See Source »

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