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Distance specialist Jeanne Floyd led team made Debbie Zimic to a one two finish in the 1000 freestyle in 10.26 12 Zimic touched out Yale's Jennifer Decker for second, by only on one hundredths of a second after swimming almost two-thirds of a mile...

Author: By Barak Goodman, | Title: Aquawomen Top Yale, 88-61 | 2/16/1982 | See Source »

Both coaches agree that the meet will ride on the battle between Harvard depth and Yale talent. Yale boasts a quartet of fast swimmers in captain Cindee Simon, Sharon Vietz, Courtney Ellis, and Jennifer Decker, each of whom may swim four events. Harvard will counter with a more balanced line...

Author: By Barak Goodman, | Title: Aquawomen to Face Yale | 2/13/1982 | See Source »

...moment Palestine is pleased by two jumpy canaries-one black, one yellow. Now she rolls back and forth. Her legs, still bowed, kick out spasmodically. You cannot tell if she hears the music in the nursery or the murmurs of the other babies, stacked up in their double-decker box cribs. She acknowledges no one. But everyone knows Palestine-if not by her blue "Space Patrol" sleep suit, then by the dark brown bruise on her right heel and, of course, by the circumstance of her birth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lebanon: A Legacy of Dreams and Guns | 1/11/1982 | See Source »

...reality, or ontological authenticity, accounts for the strong documentary texture of the film. Avoiding the hermetic environment of the studio, Conrad and Dall shoot on location in Cambridge, Boston, Somerville and Framingham. The world seen through the camera--Park Street, Government Center. Ambassador-Brattle cabs, and tired triple-decker houses in bleak neighborhoods--is tangibly familiar and particularly relevant. Sally rides the T. and her friends write messages on her copy of The Harder They Come. Although written two years ago, the script remains timely in its content. This augments the realism; for example, the state, due to decreasing funds...

Author: By Philippe L. Browning, | Title: Playing the Game | 10/26/1981 | See Source »

...lieutenant is an intense 29-year veteran of Paines Fireworks Co., Roly Harrison, who admits that, when the time comes for ignition, the entire display is "essentially a one-man show." He leaves little doubt who that man is. "Roly is like an actor who goes onstage," explains John Decker of Paines. "He's the one who presses the buttons. If Roly isn't feeling up to snuff, he'll put on a lousy fireworks display. It's a fine art. You have to have an artistic flair for entertaining...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magic in the Daylight | 8/3/1981 | See Source »

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