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...never approached this issue as a parochial or pork matter." But the Pentagon's new list, Dellums insists, smacks of political retribution rather than prudent pruning. "This is George Bush's base-closing list, and it's George Bush's base-closing commission," says an agitated Dellums, clearly distraught at the loss of jobs on his home turf. "If you think it's normal to include all five bases in my district, you're a hell of a lot more naive than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cutting Close to Home | 3/22/1993 | See Source »

David J. Greene '93, a senior from Cabot House regularly attends house committee meetings to promote house spirit and to help sophomores "feel a little less distraught...

Author: By Alec Permison, | Title: Most Undergrads Like House Committees | 3/10/1993 | See Source »

...distraught Pickman buried her fiancee's body in the Old Burying Ground, only to find the crypt violated three days later and the body missing...

Author: By David P. Bardeen, | Title: Where Has The Snow Gone? | 1/27/1993 | See Source »

...those expected to win, like the Cubans, it was harder to trump expectation. In their second game, they dispensed with Italy 18-1 and were probably distraught about giving up a run. Then they trounced Japan 8-2. One day later, to vary things a little, against an uncommonly strong U.S. team, they spotted the Americans five runs in the first inning and calmly breezed past, 9-6. Yet as they continued their imperturbable strut toward the first Olympic gold medal in the all-American pastime, the Cubans were carrying on their shoulders all the ambiguities of the Games. Were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barcelona the Win-Win Games | 8/10/1992 | See Source »

...wholly convoluted. Pfieffer is a loveless, nosy secretary in one scene. In the next, she tears into her closet for a vinyl raincoat, rushes to her sewing machine, and easily puts together a skin-tight catsuit. The image of a distraught working woman drinking straight from a carton of milk (Spilling most of it over her chest) made for a great promo spot. But if there is any connection between her character and cats (other than the fact that she feeds several strays), I couldn...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Ashamed to Wear My Bat-Shoes | 6/27/1992 | See Source »

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