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Harvard dominated most of the match, especially the second half when the rain let up, utilizing its superior ball control and aggressive loose ball play. The Polar Bears relied on aimless upfield boots, while the Crimson, despite the slippery ball which often skidded unexpectedly on the wet field, worked the ball on the ground with sure-footed dribbling and pretty give...

Author: By William A. Danoff, | Title: Booters Top Polar Bears, 2-1 | 9/21/1981 | See Source »

...resolution condemning Israel for its bombing of Iraq's nuclear reactor. The sniping infuriated not only Kirkpatrick but the White House as well. It deeply embarrassed Haig and provided more ammunition for both domestic and foreign critics who feel that the Administration's foreign policy is aimless in substance and disorganized in execution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Squabbling over Statecraft | 7/6/1981 | See Source »

...pound of cocaine he picked up at a Philadelphia drop-off site, and Chrissie is a mindless, though benevolent, sucker who babbles about reincarnation and defends Joe's dealing by remarking "Dope's all right--dope is for everyone!" Malle's Atlantic City seems to suck all the aimless and the brainless from everywhere across America to itself, gathering them in this sinkhole so they can leech off each other...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: City of Blight | 4/16/1981 | See Source »

...sloppily executed, with lack of rehearsal, perhaps, contributing to an aura of tentativeness, the performers occasionally sagging like the deadly Persian rugs that hang over the stage. Mayer has staged his play in a series of tableaux, the colorfully costumed actors moving dutifully into position, one character usually wandering aimlessly in the middle. Act One has a lot of exposition, a lot of aimless wandering: in Act Two the plot perks up and Mayer's comic invention peaks. Certainly this is sped along by the appearance of the Genie of the Lamp, whose entrances and exits have been hilariously choreographed...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: Aladdinescence | 3/12/1981 | See Source »

...have been killed by police after hours since the curfew was imposed in mid-January in an attempt to control El Salvador's guerrilla war. Most of the victims, according to the Human Rights Commission in San Salvador, were not dangerous insurgents but innocent civilians: some mentally retarded, aimless drunks, a milkman in Santa Ana who started his morning rounds too early. Nevertheless, military and security forces are enthusiastic about being able to deny the hours of darkness to the guerrillas, and thus to uncover arms caches by observing suspicious nighttime activity. "It is fantastic," said a police major...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: El Salvador: Tactical Retreat | 2/9/1981 | See Source »

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