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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Legislative Achievement Cup | 6/11/1990 | See Source »

...working on a docudrama about the life of King Richard III. This one is sure to generate plenty of attention, since it adopts the controversial technique of using actors to re-create real-life news events. Early in the play, Richard hires two thugs to murder his brother, the Duke of Clarence. In the scene as written, the murderers declare their intention to stab Clarence and then "throw him in the malmsey-butt in the next room," malmsey being a local beverage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: These Foolish Things Remind Me of Diet Coke | 6/11/1990 | See Source »

James' junior year also marked his transition from being just the team's leading scorer to being also the squad's leader. Overshadowed at Archbishop Molloy High School by teammate Kenny Anderson, who starred in the NCAA tournament with Georgia Tech this year, James chose Harvard over Stanford and Duke for the opportunity to become a team's star immediately as a freshman. And a star he has been since day one, but getting the soft-spoken North House resident to discuss his personal accomplishments is a daunting task...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Flirting With Greatness | 5/23/1990 | See Source »

...arrival of spring on a college campus should mean a celebration. It should mean a time to forget about the lonely winter and bask in the warmth of the sun. It should be a time to forget that we made a stupid mistake by not choosing Stanford or Duke or any other university that would have saved us from the horror of New England winters, a time to frolic in the good weather while...

Author: By Jason M. Solomon, | Title: Why Johnny Harvard Can't Party | 5/18/1990 | See Source »

...Plus a few gags ("What's black and white and brown and looks good on a lawyer?" "A Doberman"); a couple of philosophical digressions ("Liquor, once you're hooked on it, is a hard habit to break. Like God, Henry thought . . ."); some manic riffs on fame ("That dumbbell the Duke of Windsor he threw in the sponge for a tart. You want the Duke and Duchess for a charity ball, you rent them like a tux from Tip-Top"); and the most furiously original cast of buccaneers, entrepreneurs, intellectuals and whackos north of Niagara Falls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Ringmaster | 5/14/1990 | See Source »

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