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That is unlikely to happen without a terrible fight. The chief reason: N.A.A.C.P. chairman of the board William Gibson, a South Carolina dentist who handpicked Chavis for the job. Gibson, according to an N.A.A.C.P. insider, "has stacked every important committee with his own supporters." In the past, his tightly controlled faction has fended off requests from other board members about the organization's finances, programs and directors. Critics have been branded as "traitors and Uncle Toms" by Gibson and Chavis. "I'd be very surprised if there were an emergency board meeting called over this issue," says an N.A.A.C.P. source...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing Board Games | 8/8/1994 | See Source »

...story began with the retired Army Colonel falling asleep under the nitrous oxide he is given at a visit to the dentist. He then dreams a rather Tolkein/C.S. Lewis-esque adventure that takes place in the land of "Gamehenge." Explaining the storyline between each song, Anastasio led the band through "The Lizards," "Tela," "Wilson," AC/DC Bag," "Colonel Forbin's Ascent," "The Famous Mockingbird," "The Sloth," "McGrupp and the Watchful Horsemasters" and the set, with an invigorating performance of "Divided Sky," a compositional masterpiece centered around the ritual chant of the natives of Gamehenge...

Author: By Ramsay Ravenel, | Title: Phishin' in the Woods | 7/15/1994 | See Source »

...course, like the trip to the dentist's office and the bedheads of all those football players at morning practices this spring, it wasn't always pretty...

Author: By Sean D. Wissman, | Title: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HARVARD SPORTS | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

Because while a visit to the dentist can be a gateway to new vistas, it wouldn't be if it weren't such a pain...

Author: By Sean D. Wissman, | Title: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HARVARD SPORTS | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

Waters' spiffy new farce, Serial Mom, mocks this frenzy. It's about a suburban matron (Kathleen Turner, nicely balancing agitation with propriety) who has a caring dentist husband (Sam Waterston), two fairly normal teenage kids -- and an urge to kill anyone who affronts her notion of decency. If someone should chastise her children or date a fast girl or refuse to recycle, Mom goes maniacal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Sultan of Shock | 4/18/1994 | See Source »

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