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...taking the "thinking-man's route" to deferment, Fallows and his contemporaries left the ignorant and the poor to fight the war and take the casualties. Just as surely, they ensured that the war would drag on longer...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Bring Back the Draft | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

...Queen's blue-blooded servants, played by Kelly matthews and Tom Chick, function as narrators for Cocteau's brand of Shakespearean prologue; they provide important information at the beginning of each of the first two acts. Although Matthews and Chick allow the opening scene to drag unnecessarily, they become more comfortable with their characters in the middle of the play. Then matthews' prissy, huffy countess and Chick's obsequious, inspid duke become enjoyable to watch...

Author: By Elijah T. Siegler, | Title: An Unforgettable Fairy Tale | 11/16/1990 | See Source »

...things out, including the mayors of Dallas, San Antonio and Corpus Christi. This year Ann Richards, who became the first woman to hold statewide office in Texas in a half-century when she was elected state treasurer in 1982, hoped for the same voter response in her knock-down, drag-out battle for the governorship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Our Turn | 11/8/1990 | See Source »

...part of their effort to educate Harvard students about the environment and recycling, members of the Phillip Brooks House Environmental Action Committee will drag their trashbags to class this week...

Author: By Susan M. Carls, | Title: EAC Students to Bring Trash Bags to Class | 11/7/1990 | See Source »

...Jersey banker, Stempel worked summers as a garage mechanic and won a collection of drag-racing trophies. Later he graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, then earned an M.B.A. from Michigan State in 1970. He still reads car-buff magazines, and enjoys skiing and surf casting. Stempel and his wife Pat have three children, two grown and one in college. But Stempel is intensely private about his life outside the company, a feeling that carries over from the kidnapping of his son Timothy in 1975. (His son was rescued from a car trunk, and the kidnappers were caught...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Boss: A Car Guy | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

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