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With two minutes remaining in the first half, however, the Crimson began showing the much-need life signs that would bring them back from the brink. First, Harvard freshman Mike Scott (five points and four rebounds in an impressive 18 minutes) drove the right baseline and scored. Then, senior captain Jared Leake reduced the lead to six, cutting into the lane and canning a jumper from ten feet...

Author: By Matt Howitt, | Title: M. Hoops Nips Big Green | 12/14/1994 | See Source »

...have yet to see a Brink's truck following a hearse." Smitten by his swath and style, bankers fairly begged him to borrow their money; Merrill Lynch created three coin-trading funds for him to manage. McNall set up a bogus horse-appraisal firm, listing his chauffeur as owner and appraiser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bruce McNall: Fall of the Collector | 11/14/1994 | See Source »

...Emma, his fiance, without bothering to wait for his test results. Both end up with AIDS as well as Emma's newly conceived child. The final candidate is Todd himself, who seduces Tommy, then gives Emma a gun when the tests come back positive, torments his father to the brink of madness and finally feeds his alcoholic mother enough whiskey to kill...

Author: By Thomas Madsen, | Title: Pterodactyls Never Manages to Soar | 11/3/1994 | See Source »

...John discovers, with the help of his psychiatrist, of course, the good that has come from his rejection by Lisa, a loss that leads him to the brink of suicide. But the ending comes too abruptly, offering an awkward reconciliation of love and pathology...

Author: By Daley C. Haggar, | Title: Strong Performances Rescue Unrequited Love | 10/27/1994 | See Source »

...impasse just aggressive brinkmanship by the hard men of Pyongyang or the end of the diplomatic opening begun in June during Jimmy Carter's visit with North Korean strongman Kim Il Sung? The negotiators were not sure, but a State Department official was worried that "we're on the brink of a serious breach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Back to Square One | 10/10/1994 | See Source »

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