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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...discussed buying 30 minutes of TV time to get Hart's story across to the voters. But all such plans died with the news of the Washington Post's potential bombshell. Hart conceded the inevitable when he told Bill Shore early Thursday morning, "Let's go home." On the charter flight back to Denver, Hart sat by himself and read the Tolstoy novel Resurrection. Perhaps the intense spiritual faith of Tolstoy's later years provided comfort. Perhaps Hart wanted to remind himself that he still had a life outside politics. But there would be no resurrections for Hart's political...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fall from Grace | 5/18/1987 | See Source »

...doors, unloaded portable computers and typewriters and fanned across the bank's five floors, counting cash in the vault, poring over spread sheets and answering the ringing phones with "FDIC." In the executive suite, Secretary Debbie Bratton watched in disbelief as strangers carted off the Texas banking charter. Fretted New Accounts Representative Norma Villaloboz: "Everyone's in shock. Hopefully, somebody will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nobody Thought It Would Be Us | 5/11/1987 | See Source »

Most Students Apathetic About Charter Bicentennial...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS CUTS | 4/25/1987 | See Source »

...Empire State Building lit up New York City in Columbia's royal blue two weekends ago in honor of the bicentennial of the Columbia College Charter, but many students said they felt little urge to participate in the events the school planned...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS CUTS | 4/25/1987 | See Source »

Perhaps that is why Ben Evett '86, a charter member of Robert Brustein's Institute for Advanced Theatrical Training, has decided to stage Faith Healer in the Adams House basement. This two hour talkfest consists of four reminiscences about Francis Hardy (Ben Evett), an itinerant Irish faith healer whose ministrations actually succeed from time to time. Hardy, his wife Grace (Rebecca Clark), and his manager Teddy (Linus Gelber) recall his life, culminating in a disastrous return tour to Ireland. Each character gives his version of the events, with Hardy going first and last; like the famous Japanese short story...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Harvard Theater | 4/15/1987 | See Source »

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