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...never got much busier than that. By day's end, only 45 percent of the precinct's registered voters came out for the election. The three past elections saw 60 percent turnouts...

Author: By Erick P. Chan and Joe Mathews, S | Title: A 'Snailpace Slow' Day At City's Polling Places | 11/6/1991 | See Source »

They say that the same sandwich bars, soup selections and waffle fixings that have renewed students' faith in the College's dining system have created a busier and more stressful workday for them...

Author: By Scott M. Finn, | Title: Dining Halls: Rumblings of Discontent | 9/23/1991 | See Source »

...children in Birmingham -- and everywhere else in the country -- are going to be a lot busier in the coming decade. And so are their instructors. Yale Professor Edward Zigler, director of the Bush Center for Child Development and Social Policy, predicts that "by the year 2000, the number of working women will rise to 75%. We will see full-day programs for children from the age of three." It will take thousands of new preschools to meet that demand, and many more thousands of new teachers and assistants. The prospect is inviting and daunting: the millennium is only nine years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Good Things, Small Packages | 7/29/1991 | See Source »

...Costner's larger, busier take on the legend, the only green power is at the box office. With a sigh, the script reprises Robin's recruiting of his Merry Men (a pallid crowd here), his verbal jousting (uninspired), his romance with Maid Marian (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, her wondrous screen potential again untapped). The movie treats these plot points as tiresome requirements, not chances to work fresh alchemy on old elements. At 2 hours 20 minutes, the enterprise lacks passion, or even a sense of inspired fun; it is as if the filmmakers were dutifully honoring business commitments. Wading through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stranded In Sherwood Forest | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

...steps down June 30 after 20 years as president of Harvard, says he is busier than ever these days...

Author: By Maggie S. Tucker, | Title: His Days Are Numbered | 5/3/1991 | See Source »

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