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Last fall, a successful appearance by reggae artist Jimmy Cliff lost the council several thousand dollars, but nonetheless encouraged students to expect another concert in the spring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Evolution to Activism Falls Short in the End | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

...learned more about movie craft from making the Indiana Jones films than I did from E.T. or Jaws," says Spielberg, who won't take on Indy a fourth time. "And now I feel as if I've graduated from the college of Cliff- Hanger U. I ought to have paid tuition." Spielberg's camera style neither misses a trick nor reveals how it's done. See how he cues the change of a Zeppelin's course by the shadow scampering across a cocktail glass; watch a motif of cigarette lighters carry complicity from one character to another. Like a fine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: What's Old Is Gold: A Triumph for Indy | 5/29/1989 | See Source »

When he is 15, Jeremy sees his reflection in a beach house and, runs toward the cliff in a fit of self-loathing, and jumps. His attempt at suicide is a failure, but he manages to break his leg in many places and put an end to his athletic career...

Author: By Kelly A.E. Mason, | Title: Despite Glimmers of Wit, A Novel That's Overdone | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

...passengers a view of the faint shadow of stain spreading over the sound. Flags in nearby fishing villages are flying at half-staff. And some fishermen are wearing black armbands and crying openly, an unusual display of emotion for men who pride themselves on their toughness and independence. Laments Cliff Davidson, a longshoreman and member of the state legislature: "It's all like a wake now. How many more things are going to die? How many more livelihoods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Two Alaskas | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

...just have some really smart guys here," said Cliff H. Taubes, math professor and faculty coordinator of the Harvard team. "I don't imagine that we could flatter ourselves and say we taught them what they know. It's all to their credit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Students Place First in Math Contest | 3/23/1989 | See Source »

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