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When it finally came on Friday night, however,the record was an afterthought. And no onedownplayed it more than Cleary himself...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Cleary Sets Harvard Record For Wins | 1/8/1990 | See Source »

...cross glittered and she took it in her handalmost as an afterthought. it had been lying onher dresser, next to the perfume she had receivedlast week for her sixteenth birthday. The crosshad been a gift from her grandmother. She had hergrandmother's eyes, grey and soft and expressive.They were sensual eyes, unwavering in thedirectness of their appeal...

Author: By Jenny LYN Bader, | Title: Superstition | 10/11/1989 | See Source »

...Radcliffe had its start as the "Harvard Annex," and its ostensible purpose was to provide access for women to a Harvard education. The history of women at the University, then, was always but a subset of the real story; women were simply an addendum to the course catalogue, an afterthought...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Painting Over History | 9/28/1989 | See Source »

...enemy. Reagan had dutifully carried the card for eight years. Its unimportance at his parting was perhaps the most powerful statement of this singular leader's legacy. The world moves toward peace, and the paraphernalia of nuclear command, which once held the world in its thrall, is almost an afterthought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gipper Says Goodbye | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

...every check, every receipt. I'm not tough, but I'm strong. You can't be a pussycat." This was, in a way, a necessity. "If Donald was married to a lady who didn't work and make certain contributions," Ivana says, "he would be gone." And as an afterthought: "Show me success without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flashy Symbol of an Acquisitive Age: DONALD TRUMP | 1/16/1989 | See Source »

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