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...seat of British rule in Ireland, politicians from the North and South gathered last week to sign the long-awaited report of the New Ireland Forum, a promised blueprint for the future of the troubled land. Unfortunately, the forum's call for new solutions had already evoked a curt dismissal. Early that morning, Dublin residents awoke to find posters slapped on the city's central post office, the scene of the 1916 Easter rebellion against British rule. The uncompromising message: ULSTER IS BRITISH...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ireland: Forum Fizzle | 5/14/1984 | See Source »

Most of the other characters--a brightly-dressed flutter of engaged, soon-to-be-engaged, and married couples--alternate between stiffness and competence, depending on how much artificial language their characters spew out. The ones intended to be irritating (Curt Raffi and Jennifer Burton) achieve a bit more success in such instances than the ones who are merely sweet (David Angel and Laurence Bouvard), but this, too, is only partly blameable on the actors. Children in bright dresses, tuneful incidental music by Brooks Whitehouse, and lederhosen all around contribute to the impression of a light and pleasant entertainment, the "comedy...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Love's Verbosity | 4/10/1984 | See Source »

Mike Easler opened the inning with a double off reliever Curt Kaufman (0-1) and scored two outs later when Stapleton pulled a double into the leftfield corner. Following a walk to Glenn Hoffman, Jerry Remy singled to score Stapleton. Frank LaCorte replaced Kaufman and Dwight Evans doubled on his first pitch to drive in Hoffman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoreboard | 4/6/1984 | See Source »

Past speakers at the annual awards dinner have included Curt Gowdy, Al McGuire, Bryant Gumbel, Don Criqui and Peter Carlessimo of the National Invitational Tournament selection committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoreboard | 3/22/1984 | See Source »

...staff have only recently met him, though many have had substantial political experience. The campaign chairman is the current president of Duke University, Terry Sanford, who once served as governor of North Carolina and launched an abortive Presidential bid of his own in 1972. The campaign director, Curt Moffatt, was the senior advance man for Arizona Rep. Morris Udall and later in 1976 for Carter as well, and is active in the Democratic National Committee's fundraising and rules committees...

Author: By Jean E. Engelmayer, | Title: Keeping a Low Profile | 2/28/1984 | See Source »

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