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...time she unlaced her skates for good, the native of Durham, New Hampshire ripped the twines 78 times and dished out 55 assists for a school record 133 points...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Sasner to Take on Assistant Coach Posts | 7/8/1988 | See Source »

...bebop? That may be the ticket for some students on the Duke campus beginning in 1991, when the university plans to open the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz in Durham, N.C. While 58 other schools already have jazz majors, the four-year institute will be the nation's first conservatory expressly dedicated to jazz. Named after the pianist-composer who died in 1982, it will serve 200 students chosen through competitions and interviews. Jazz Greats Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock and Wynton Marsalis have expressed interest in teaching there; Trumpeter Clark Terry will chair the academic council...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Upbeat School | 7/4/1988 | See Source »

...BULL DURHAM. A "natural" ballplayer (Tim Robbins) is a natural disaster to his coaches in the arts of baseball (Kevin Costner) and love (Susan Sarandon). But all are fun to watch: plenty of smart talk, laughs and warm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Jun. 27, 1988 | 6/27/1988 | See Source »

...wittiest, busiest screenplay since Moonstruck, and that his three stars do their very best screen work. Costner's surly sexiness finally pays off here; abrading against Sarandon's earth-mama geniality and Robbins' rube egocentricity, Costner strikes sparks. Aided by a snazzy red-neck roadhouse bar-band score, Bull Durham is a long, smart kiss to baseball that should last longer than three days. How about all season? Wouldn't it be poetic justice if Ron Shelton were the movies' Mr. October...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: I Sing the Body Athletic BULL DURHAM | 6/20/1988 | See Source »

...Bull Durham is a dandy summer baseball yarn starring Kevin Costner. -- Red Heat is Arnold Schwarzenegger' s neat new pecs-' n'- sex epic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page June 20, 1988 | 6/20/1988 | See Source »

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