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...Star Trck--go to New York. Wulfgar is determined to redeem himself in the eyes of the International Underworld by committing spectacular and death-defving acts of terrorism, with full media coverage. While Wulfgar blows up Wall St., Fox and DaSilva are indoctrinated in "Counterterrorist techniques" by Hartmann (Nigel Davenport), an Interpol detective hot on Wulfgar's trail...
...always, curious onlookers pressed in for a glimpse of the President. They included some union members who had either arrived late for the lunch or left it early to get a closer view of Reagan. There were women with Kodaks, children, and even a mayor, Charles Wright of Davenport, Iowa...
...more traditional, more religious, less rebellious than earlier youths. Also more pessimistic, more serious, more worldlywise. Says Psychology Professor Harry Schumer of the University of Massachusetts: "They are returning to private goals. What matters is the here and now." James Barry, director of admissions at St. Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa, says: "The good old days [of mobilized youth] never happened to them. They hardly even talk about the '70s. It's just...
Winthrop's strengthened its bid for the title by placing second in the Men's A league basketball tournament to Currier House. The Quad Squad described by captain Rich Davenport as a "stronger, faster, and in-a-word better" team copped the crown, defeating the "House of Champions" in the final...
...young soldier in Viet Nam from the author's award-winning novel, Going After Cacciato. John Sayles' I-80 Nebraska, M.490-M.205 is a mannered attempt to turn truckers and their CB jargon into folk legend: the headless horseman as Teamster. The most inventive topical piece is Guy Davenport's The Richard Nixon Freischutz Rag, a whimsical satire in which the former President makes small talk in China. Sample...