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Sunday, Crimson goalie Chad Reilly bore the brunt of the Duke fans' offensive salvoes. "We're glad, you're Chad," they sing-songed. "Chad eats quiche...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Playing for More Than Kicks | 12/9/1986 | See Source »

Many samples sent to Reagan bore messages such as "Don't open until Christmas," "Urinvading my Constitutional rights," and "Ronnie, give piss a chance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS CUTS | 12/6/1986 | See Source »

...experiment, 42 students suggested 210 tiresome things other people do that bore them, which researchers distilled into 43 themes for a second survey of 297 students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Study Says Egocentrics Are Most Boring | 11/24/1986 | See Source »

...Seale thinks so, but there is no exact record. One mystery was solved: the reason for a lonely stone fountain on White House ground commemorating Artist Francis Millet and Archibald Willingham Butt. Since the only other such commemoration on the grounds is the statue of Andrew Jackson, the fountain bore investigating. Archie Butt, it turns out, was a popular bachelor who served as White House military aide for both Theodore Roosevelt and Taft. Returning from a vacation in Europe with his friend Millet, he booked passage on the Titanic. Butt would have continued to elude historians had he not left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: A Republic's Palace | 11/3/1986 | See Source »

...figure drawing that formed his style when he studied with Carolus-Duran in Paris also underpinned the high standards of early modernist draftsmanship in Matisse, Picasso or Beckmann. Hence, though his relation to the avant-garde was nil, he is no longer to be dismissed as a flashy bore. There is virtue in virtuosity, especially today, when it protects us from the tedious sight of an artist's guts on parade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Tourist First Class | 10/27/1986 | See Source »

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