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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most successful), its own lingo, its own half-mystical lore and its own concepts of < cool. No thrasher excessively applauds another for an especially rad move. Miss a trick, and another skater will say, with offhand censure, "That was totally lame." But get it right, and the same comment or a close variation ("You're such a dweeb for making that") will be offered, but delivered this time with an admiring irony. "Basically, it's a fun thing," smiles Competition Skater Don Hillsman of Atlanta. "But harassment is big with skaters. I mean, this is not a 'nice' sport like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The Irresistible Lure Of Grabbing Air | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

Rambo III will collect a certain amount of contempt for projecting, at this ! late date, a ludicrous cold war stereotype -- the Soviet as gibbering sadist -- and a certain amount of comment for going into release just as the Soviets are withdrawing from Afghanistan. But what is the spirit of glasnost compared with the needs of a successful actor's ego and his fans' expectations? Somebody has to keep the priorities straight around here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Muscles + Money = Excess RAMBO III | 5/30/1988 | See Source »

...Calvin Kantor, a Black aide to Paolillo, declined to comment on the incident yesterday. Kantor was quoted by the Chronicle as saying that he "wasn't offended" by the joke, and "in my heart I know Tony Paolillo is not a racist...

Author: By Spencer S. Hsu, | Title: Police Chief Reportedly Told Racist Joke | 5/25/1988 | See Source »

...other members of the committee. Professor of Law Robert C. Clark, Professor of Law Gerald E. Frug, Professor of Law David W. Kennedy, Cromwell Professor of Law David L. Shapiro '54, and Fessenden Professor of Law Bernard Wolfman, were not available or would not comment yesterday...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: Tribe to Lead Search for Dean | 5/25/1988 | See Source »

Tribe said he would not comment on specific deliberations of the committee but added "it's a matter of public record that the President of the University is ultimately interested in looking at every possible option, and that includes people both inside and outside the Law School." The Law School traditionally looks to its own faculty for its dean...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: Tribe to Lead Search for Dean | 5/25/1988 | See Source »

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