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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard pass that became a goal was a stinging metaphor for the RPI season. RPI's young, talented team impressed people with its hard-hitting, energetic approach to the game...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: A Gloomy Revival | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...follows national elections knows that there are two very different ways of interviewing a presidential hopeful. One way, exemplified by Kennedy School professor Marvin Kalb, is to involve the candidate in a substantial discussion of his future policy, the ways he reasons around an issue. The other, more provocative approach is to hurl incessant tough questions and see whether a potential leader can stand the heat...

Author: By Eli G. Attie, | Title: Presenting Candidates to the People | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

While Kalb exemplifies the laid-back, more intellectual approach, the more provocative method can be found in David Frost's program "The Next President." Frost, who also interviewed a dozen would-be presidents in hour-long installments, made every effort to catch his guests off guard. Frost asked the Rev. Pat Robertson to explain what it was like to speak in tongues, and relentlessly questioned Rep. Jack Kemp (R-N.Y.) about contradictions in his views on abortion...

Author: By Eli G. Attie, | Title: Presenting Candidates to the People | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...think it's a racist thing between Jesse and the whites, at least not here," observes the Sandwich King's white proprietor, Dewey Lawing, 60. "He's just too radical, and we don't trust him." A black machine operator in his late 30s takes a pragmatic approach to Jackson. "Don't think that we're such fools that we don't see the same faults in Jesse that white people see," he says. "But we're going to vote for him anyway. And then the white man who wants to win has to make a deal with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Look Away, Dixieland | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...Fleischer says that UPenn's non-alcohol approach has its advantages. "Now that it's dry, it's better for meeting people. You can't get to know somebody in four or five weeks if they're always drunk...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: When The Party's Over | 3/5/1988 | See Source »

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