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...Cassandra Peterson...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Wicked Good Fun | 9/30/1988 | See Source »

...BOOK gives credence to the major fears of Harper's upscale, overeducated readership. Namely, the military-industrial complex, pollution, cultural illiteracy, alienation and anomie are undermining America's pre-eminence and quality of life. The odd combination of Cassandra-like despair and Letterman-esque snidery at the folly of it all surely must be what accounts for the Index's following...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: Untrivial Pursuits | 11/3/1987 | See Source »

...earth years -- the alien planet was colonized. But now, suddenly, it has fallen silent. Is it possible that this wild tale of rampaging monsters she keeps telling is true? A party of Marines is sent out to investigate, and Ripley reluctantly accompanies them as a sort of Cassandra-cum-consultant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Help! They're Back! | 7/28/1986 | See Source »

...interest the author most: Alice McGoff, with a fierce sense of pride and devotion; Rachel Twymon, afflicted with lupus, passionately determined to work her way up from welfare; Joan Diver, devoted to self-denial and sacrifice. Each has reason to believe that her children are being victimized by busing. Cassandra Twymon, 14, shipped into white Charlestown, cannot abide the abuse and loneliness, and her bright academic future dims. In the city's atmosphere of strife, her brother Frederick backslides into crime. Billy and Lisa McGoff become disruptive students at Charlestown High because they believe the institution will cease to exist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Experiment in Black and White Common Ground: a Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

...thrill-producer was senior Cassandra Coe, who scored the Black and White's one and only try for the victory. Coe kicked from the 22-yard line, recovered the ball herself, and touched a down...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoreboard | 4/24/1985 | See Source »

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