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Word: brights (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...inconsistency...serve is the weakest link in an otherwise outstanding game...volleys well, also hits strong forehand and return of serve...old nemesis, inconsistency, gripped him on southern trip, where he went went 1-4...hails from San Antonio, Texas...has shaved facial hair from last season, when bright red beard made him heartthrob of Crimson female fans...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Faces to Watch | 4/7/1978 | See Source »

OTHER PLAYERS TO WATCH: Fish and Lundy are both very bright on Bob Horn, a freshman from Wheeling, W. Va. and today's substitite at number-six. Juniors John Fishwick, Al Bunis and Dick Arnos trail Horn on the ladder...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Faces to Watch | 4/7/1978 | See Source »

There is one bright note--but let me hasten to qualify that: you need read no further unless you are a) a ballet fan; b) a ballet fan tolerant enough to overlook the lumps and warts of the Boston Ballet (well, what do you want, Balanchine?); and c) a ballet fan tolerant enough to overlook the lumps and warts of the Boston Ballet who can suspend cynicism and realism long enough to become imaginatively involved in a fairy tale. Now that I've eliminated jocks, pre-meds (sorry, that's the second snide remark this column!), and Crimson editors...

Author: By Jurretta J. Heckscher, | Title: Blues from the Bottom of the Barrel | 4/6/1978 | See Source »

...appropriate manner, she succeeds. One wishes, however, that she chose some other manner to do so. Gornick believes that these people became Communists simply because they "cared more." They cared about the people in the mills and the mines, about the migrant workers, about the immigrants who sought a bright new life and found only a dank tenement. But instead of stressing the moral or political outrage that fed their "caring," she harps on their emotional needs. Human beings, she tells us in a remarkable burst of insight, need to find meaning in life. Moreover, she reveals, people need...

Author: By Joanne L. Kenen, | Title: Strawberries and Cream | 4/5/1978 | See Source »

...neighborhood in Englewood hasn't changed, and his parents still live in the same frame house. Kids frequently descend on the place now, and the elder Travoltas pass out glossies of their youngest son. Down in the bright red basement recreation room, there is a large bulletin board crowded with pictures of all the kids. Here the superstar receives equal billing with his siblings, and his picture smiles out among shots of Ellen, now 37, who is acting in pilots for both NBC and CBS; Margaret, 32, who does TV and voice-overs in Chicago; Anne, 29, just married...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High Steppin' to stardom | 4/3/1978 | See Source »

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