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...wise move by Edgar, much of Jane and Guilford's love story is left unscripted, director Nunn relying instead on long, music-filled shots of the two kissing by a bubbling brook, riding over pastoral fields and playfully tickling each other in the hayloft. Reminiscent of a more modern Love Story whose protagonists played touch football in a snowy Harvard Stadium, these sequences are much more effective than the written word in capturing the quick, physical passion of adolescent love...

Author: By Cristina V. Coletta, | Title: Legendary Love Story | 2/7/1986 | See Source »

Because they get nearly half of their daily caffeine intake from soft drinks, college students may be at greater risk of heart disease than previous studies have indicated, according to the results of a recent study at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook...

Author: By David A. Shaywitz, | Title: Students Consume More Caffeine Than Researchers Had Thought | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

...moving boulders or placing trees in strategic places to shelter trout. It often requires rechanneling a creek to increase its flow so that water will once again ripple over rocks to provide enough oxygen. At Boise's River Run development, McIntyre dug pools and meandering bends into an existing brook and added rocks and Douglas fir logs to the riverbank. Now trout spawn in streams that flow between condominium town houses and $100,000 homesites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stream Doctor: Trout love his landscapes | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

...with Husband Mike takes a Starmaker brand karaoke along to gigs at New York bar mitzvahs and parties. Properly lubricated, adults like to giggle through a moonstruck verse or two of a ballad. "It's the only way to go," says Cathy Ruggieri, 40, a hair stylist in Stony Brook, N.Y., who uses her $600 model at home and at her salon. "It makes you sound so good. I wasn't that outgoing before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Song of Myself, on Tape | 7/15/1985 | See Source »

Burno M. Ponterio, a middle school principal from Rye Brook N.Y., says he will bring some ideas for tangible changes back to his suburban school, but also a commitment to enlisting support from his teaching staff before he implements any plans...

Author: By Rebecca K. Kramsick, | Title: Building Better Schools | 7/9/1985 | See Source »

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