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...biopsy, she was in New Hampshire, urging a conference of foster grandparents to get involved in the fight against teenage drug abuse. The First Lady declined to make any comment on her pending test. Said Conference Participant Shireen Tilly, executive director of the Friends Program: "She put on a brave front and a warm, gracious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Guess It's My Turn | 10/26/1987 | See Source »

...whirlwind of loosely connected adventures, the film fails to capture the sense of the marvelous for which it grasps. Its characters may scale the Cliffs of Insanity and brave the giant "rodents of unusual size" in the Fire Swamp, but they cannot overcome the ridiculous plot or swashbuckle away the insipid dialogue...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Refried Bride | 10/16/1987 | See Source »

...original substantive issue--what Joe Biden stands for--which is what compelled Sasso to tip the media, is kept locked away, no one being brave enough to raise it--least of all John Sasso. Sasso was cognizant of the dynamics of revelation and press scrutiny. He knew that a secretly revealed tip would knock Biden out of the race, while a substantive speech about Biden by Dukakis would only serve to put more issues on the table. As any campaign manager knows, and as many were quick to point out, if the choice is between adding issues to the agenda...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: A Question of Right and Wrong | 10/14/1987 | See Source »

...even if a scholar wants to brave Beirut, he may still stay away if he doesn't think he'll receive a lifetime post there...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: Outside Scholars Evaluate Law School Controversy | 10/7/1987 | See Source »

Like the football players, I was tired and could not eat the next day. Or the day after. Unlike them, I did not have to play a game under such conditions, as remarkable a feat--in its own brave, perverse way--as Penn's undefeated season last year...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Quaking Quakers | 10/1/1987 | See Source »

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