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The animal metaphor obtains here. Blake is a rambunctious baby bull, snorting and butting and pawing the ground, looking for a matador his own size. Cannon is a gorgeous, frisky filly with a case of the giggles. Together, even in a pasture full of chuckholes, the lovers have a lot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Funny Smell | 10/20/1980 | See Source »

Since they are butting into this delicate situation uninvited, the K-School gurus say they do not want to pile added pressure on the challengers. They keep their research and results private, submitting ideas and observations without attracting much attention.

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: The IOP Prepares For the White House Changing of the Guard | 9/25/1980 | See Source »

The original Russian title of Solzhenitsyn's memoir is The Calf Kept Butting the Oak. The English equivalent of this Russian proverbial saying is "beating one's head against a stone wall." Russia is a land of proverbs. One that could apply to all of Solzhenitsyn's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Battle Plan of a Rebel | 6/9/1980 | See Source »

Insurers for the airlines are understandably eager to head off the lawyers by getting to the next of kin first and offering them a quick settlement. A week after the Flight 191 crash, the insurer for American Airlines sent a three-page letter to the relatives of all the passengers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: The DC-10 Crash Sweepstakes | 8/27/1979 | See Source »

Everything about Kross is big--listed in the football guide as 6-5, 249, he has a massive frame and a large, pleasant face. And if his size doesn't clue you in on what he does for extracurricular activities, a nagging scab on the bridge of his nose tells...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Harvard's Line Is All Right | 10/27/1978 | See Source »

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