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...lucky we live in a country where the little people can talk to the big people every now and then even in the halls of power. And don't be too quick to whine about government taking itself too seriously. It was always Cap Weinberger who used to break 'em up around the Crimson by saying, "Whaddaya think this is, The New York Times...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: The Cutting Edge of Humor | 10/15/1981 | See Source »

...biggest box-office bonanzas of all time, Burt Reynolds wants only to be recognized as a fine actor of his time. It seems almost a paradox, for as he was uttering those selfsame words, Reynolds was basking in the glory of the Smokey and the Bandit films--box chase 'em variety. You could almost hear the Academy snickering. When Cannonball Run, the world's craziest automobile show since the Wacky Racers went off Saturday morning TV, turned into one of the summer's top grossing films, some members were probably left rolling in the aisles. Burt Reynolds a serious actor...

Author: By Michael Bass, | Title: Having My Baby | 10/8/1981 | See Source »

Haldeman: Sure. Murderers ... It's the regular strikebusters types ... They're gonna beat the [expletive deleted] out of some of these people. And, uh, and hope they really hurt 'em. You know ... smash some noses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nixon Encore | 10/5/1981 | See Source »

COLGATE 30, CORNELL 20: I like a girl at Colgate. I hate a guy at Cornell (no, it's not Dick Bertrand). Throw in the fact that these upstate-New York rivals always have rock-'em sock-'em scuffles, and such intangibles become important, because otherwise it's too close to call. I really like this girl at Colgate, so make it Colgate...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Holy Wars | 9/26/1981 | See Source »

...small plane. As Crowley Maritime's "chief iceman," Borgert decides when to allow the convoy to sail through the floes: "We've got to have an avenue wide enough that we feel confident the barges won't get destroyed. Then we'll get 'em running like scared rabbits." Every day (and usually twice a day) for more than two weeks, Borgert has been combing the coast from a low-flying Beechcraft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Off Alaska: A Race Through the Arctic Ice | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

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