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...than alive, surviving only with the aid of various life-support machines. Lady Charles has decided to put him out of his misery and pull the plug--much to the pleasure of heir apparent Hugo and his twin sister, Annabel. Planning ahead, the family has placed him in a coffin right in the middle of the Charles estate drawing room. The youngest son Nigel arrives from Oxford as does the dim-witted nanny Kitty, and the "switching off ceremony" ready to begin...

Author: By Michael D. Shin, | Title: Pass the Butler | 3/7/1987 | See Source »

...focus, inevitably, is on the inventors of abstract art: Kandinsky, Mondrian, Kupka, Kazimir Malevich -- all represented by remarkable works. One would have to go a long way before finding a more intriguing Kandinsky, for instance, than his Lady in Moscow, 1912, with its gray "health aura" and its sinister coffin-shaped black mass that, floating across the street, menaces the life- giving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Pyramid | 1/12/1987 | See Source »

...Orono, sophomore Sarah Duncan led Harvard with 16 points and six rebounds, while Co-Captain Sharon Hayes was also a double-figure scorer with 11 points. Debbie Duff netted 22 points for the Black Bears, with teammate Liz Coffin grabbing eight rebounds...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Women Cagers Burned in Hawaii | 1/7/1987 | See Source »

...Smith Museum, Padi was also reunitedwith his outer coffin, which was lost in the late19th century. The coffin ultimately turned up atthe Smith Museum where researchers recentlydiscovered that it belonged to the MGH mummy...

Author: By Emily Mieras, | Title: Restored Mummy Goes Home to Mass General | 12/2/1986 | See Source »

Harvard entered the second half trailing 14-0, and running back Sellars drove the final nail into the Crimson's coffin when he returned the opening kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown that gave the Elis a comfortable 20-0 lead...

Author: By Joseph C. Tedeschi, | Title: Bulldog Frosh Blank Crimson Counterparts, 27-0; Junior Varsity Sqauds Battle to Scoreless Tie | 11/22/1986 | See Source »

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