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...always, throws in bits of the many languages he knows, mostly untranslated. But where the invented Russian- English slang in Clockwork Orange had a brilliant sting to it (horrorshow from horosho, meaning good, and lewdies from lyudi, people), the phrases here in Russian and Latin appear, after a dash to the dictionary, to be quite ordinary, not the keys to unsuspected puzzles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Clockwork Plot | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

Even after some dazzling performances by freshman Derek Horner, who won three events--the long jump (22-ft., 11 1/4 in.), the 55-meter dash (6.50 seconds), and the 200-meter dash (22.50 seconds)--senior Brian Cann, winner of the 3000-meter run in 8:37.29 and sophomore Eric Rahe, who won the 800-meter with a personal best of 1:52.27, the Crimson still could not break away from Northeastern...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thinclads Get Split | 1/9/1989 | See Source »

...radical road, which earned little more than a broken-down economy and an ugly international reputation, South Yemen seems ready to try another direction. How far it will go, and how successfully, depends on untested talents. The old hands in South Yemen always wonder when the next coup will dash their frail hopes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Yemen New Thinking in a Marxist Land | 1/9/1989 | See Source »

...loss to Ivy cellar-dweller Cornell caught the Crimson off guard. Freshman Beverly Stickles scored the lone Harvard goal off an assist by Wendy Millet in the final minutes of the game to dash away the Big Red's hopes for a shutout...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Icewomen Falter in Lake Placid, Finish Fifth in Six-Team Tourney | 1/4/1989 | See Source »

Harvard's top finishers were freshman Derrick Horner, who placed second in both the 55-meter dash in 6.49 seconds and the long jump with an effort of 22 ft., 9 1/2-in., and Captain Don LaVigne, who won the 400-meter race in 50.02 seconds and earned third place in the pole vault with an eight-foot jump. Both Horner and LaVigne ran for Harvard's winning mile relay...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thinclads Triumph Over Eagles; Crimson Dominates First Meets | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

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