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...approach used to paint this depressing picture is straightforward narrative, an approach apparently out of style these days. Woodward, quite simply, wants to let the facts speak for themselves, and he describes in generally chronological order Belushi's rise from a Wheaton, III high-school wimderkind to ace comic of Chicago's comedy troupe Second City, to blubbering star of NBC's Saturday Night Live, to the mega-star of Animal House and half (with partner Dan Ackroyd) of the Blues Brothers, and finally to his death...

Author: By Michael J. Abramowitz, | Title: Skidding Through Life in The Fast Lane | 6/24/1984 | See Source »

...most consistent ballplayer I've ever played with," says pitching ace Charlie Marchese...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BRUCE WELLER | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

...best game I have," says Carl Hutter, 7, an ace from Carson City, Nev., who once flew the simulator from New York to Los Angeles. "The hardest part is landing at Chicago at night." Abbott Paine, a pilot from Orange, Calif., praises the program's realism: "The view is terrific. When you turn, the landscape turns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Flying the User-Friendly Skies | 6/4/1984 | See Source »

...searching for ways to minimize the widespread exploitation of student-athletes, while recognizing that no single minimum test score is a valid index of academic marginality across the spectrum of American colleges and universities. What is remarkable about our current work, I think, is that the ACE, the historically Black colleges, and the testing services are cooperating in this search. And for this constructive step Mr. Bok's leadership is largely responsible. Robert E. Klitgaard

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bok & NCAA | 5/25/1984 | See Source »

...team's four starting pitchers and its ace reliever also wore mortarboards June 9, 1983. It looked like this year's squad was in a jam. It wasn...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Baseball Wins Pair To Clinch League Title | 5/10/1984 | See Source »

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