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Rather than knowing each other, we bump into each other like hot atoms, say "hi," think something, and move on. This phenomenon is said to occur in office buildings, apartment complexes, and houses at Harvard...

Author: By Avram S. Brown, | Title: Strangers in the Hall | 5/11/1988 | See Source »

Sulentic says most students average 20 hours of work each week, but that the requirements of the job often bump that number up. "The tradition is we say 20 hours a week, but if you are at a particularly busy time you could easily go over that," Sulentic says...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: Taking the Law to the People | 4/20/1988 | See Source »

Dukakis did move past what Estrich had called a "bump in a long road," and behind Estrich's organization, Dukakis triumphed in the New Hampshire and Minnesota primaries. On the eve of this week's Super Tuesday primaries across the South, polls predict Dukakis will finish among the leaders...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: Taking Charge | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...first, short-track skating looks less like a sport than a kung-fu gang war on ice, the combatants wielding giant switchblades with their feet. Skaters jostle and bump around the perpetual curves of the 111-meter loop, and when one loses a jot of control, three are likely to careen across the water- slickened ice. But as Olympic spectators have seen, short-track racing is an intricate sport, replete with complex strategies. Since up to six skaters start at once, it has the drama of a pack of competitors struggling cheek to cheek -- battle like it oughta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: In the Aftermath, Grousing About the U.S. | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...course, Mother Ginger with her many toddlers sheltered under the breadth of her skirt. The under-two-feeters ran around the playgroundstage and paused to dance. Clap, turn backs to one another, and bump. Clap and bump...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Visions of Sugarplums | 12/18/1987 | See Source »

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