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...Crimson line of Tania Huber centering for Dianne Hurley and freshman Liz Ward continued to apply the pressure. And especially impressive in the second and third periods was the line of center Alex Lightfoot and wingers Susan Newell and Jennifer White, which spent long stretches of time on the ice with the defensive pair of Amy Spalding and co-captain Julie Starr...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: Icewomen Fall in Season Opener, 1-0, Despite Outshooting B.U. Terriers, 40-11 | 11/25/1981 | See Source »

Perhaps the most popular new folk remedy of modern times is ascorbic acid, a.k.a. vitamin C. Ever since Nobel-Prizewinning Chemist Linus Pauling popularized this remedy in the 1970 book Vitamin C and the Common Cold, many people have become convinced that big doses of ascorbic acid help ward off or ameliorate colds; controlled experiments, however, have failed "to provide proof of the claim. Some folk remedies out of folklore (rub socks with onions, coat body with Vaseline) are hard to consider with a straight face, and a great many others irresistibly bring to mind Robert Benchley's personal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Secret Life of the Common Cold | 11/16/1981 | See Source »

...enough force to have a significant effect on the outcome of the election. Some city pols called the 1979 student turnout a fluke, pointing to a referendum question on investments in companies doing business in South Africa as the reason for the heavy voting; this year again, however, Ward 6, Precinct 3, where most Harvard students vote, was among the busiest polling places in the city...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Counting Change in Cambridge 1981 | 11/10/1981 | See Source »

...near dawn and La Nativité, a rickety 30-ft. wooden sailboat crammed with 63 Haitian refugees, was bobbing to ward the Florida coast near Fort Lauderdale. Winds of up to 30 m.p.h. lashed the sea, and waves as high as 5 ft. swept over the homemade vessel. Less than 60 yds. from land, La Nativité was suddenly swamped and its passengers spilled into the sea. Only when survivors, dazed and tearful, were spotted wandering the high way near the wealthy town of Hillsboro Beach did residents realize what had happened. Soon police were dragging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death in the Morning | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

...Ward 7, Precinct 5, however, where most Quad residents vote, condo candidate Wilkes received 119 votes, followed by Wylie with 80, Duehay with 77, David Sullivan with 75, and Wolf with...

Author: By Andrew C. Karp and William E. Mckibben, S | Title: Council Balance Unchanged; W. Sullivan Wins Most Votes | 11/5/1981 | See Source »

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