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...point to a summit if the U.S. remained adamant on SDI, Gorbachev came anyway and acted amiable. Crows one Reagan adviser: "We gave up almost nothing at Geneva and the world did not come apart. That was an important confidence builder. Gorbachev began to appear less formidable, like his bark was worse than his bite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Geneva's Lost Spirit: Reagan and Gorbachev | 4/14/1986 | See Source »

...cataclysmic game drew near, subjects of investigation ranged from the acupuncture marks in Quarterback Jim McMahon's bare backfield to the ghostly timbre of the Bears' Baskerville bark. Regarding that old rallying call, Otis Wilson was asked soberly, "Is it more like an arf or a woof?" The Chicago linebacker deliberated and replied, "More like a woof." On the Patriots' side, Runner Tony Collins was awash in sociological queries about his 15 siblings. Under pressure, he managed to name all eight brothers and six of seven sisters. Several of the Super Bowl's 2,500 journalists strayed off to plumb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: After the Game, the News | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

...difficult to argue that student government at Harvard should be political. How do you argue that cats should have fur or dogs should bark? They simply do. What on earth is an apolitical, elective, legislative assembly? The Undergraduate Council has, and inevitably will have, a political role at Harvard. Arguments that it should not are just poor excuses for ignoring student concerns...

Author: By John Ross, | Title: Sizing Up the Council | 2/6/1986 | See Source »

...Huskies' opponents in the opening round are the all-bark-and-no-bite Terriers of Boston University (1-7), losers to NU earlier this season, 6-0. The Crimson powdered BU 11-1 last Wednesday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Women's Beanpot: Northeastern the Key | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

...nature leads to several interesting questions. Which is inherently more dangerous, a hurricane or trying to go for the last empty seat on an "A" train to Brooklyn? Would not trees be better served with a lightweight and washable covering of Orlon instead of the traditional but greatly outmoded bark? And finally, who has more control over the sanctity and destiny of human life. God or Ed Koch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: You Can't Fool Mother Nature | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

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