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...simply a group of stories sharing a common protagonist? Is its leading man, John Everett, a modern knight errant sacrificing himself to obsolete notions of romantic love? Or is he merely a maundering hick, caroming off women who easily recognize the traits of a user? Is his creator, Robert Hemenway, an artist of light-meter sensitivity? Or is he simply a construction worker employing the worn materials of bromides and reveries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wanderings | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

...goes well, Solar Max's capture will be attempted on the third day of flight, when Challenger closes to within 300 ft. of the errant satellite. Mission Specialist George Nelson, 33, who has a doctorate in astronomy, will buckle himself into a manned maneuvering unit (MMU), the jet-powered Buck Rogers contraption that enabled astronauts to make the historic, untethered space walk on Challenger's February flight. Mission Specialist James van Hoften, 39, a onetime hot-tub salesman with a Ph.D. in hydraulic engineering, will act as an emergency backup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Tinkering with Solar Max | 4/9/1984 | See Source »

...easier on the young American students than he is on professional musicians. Through 17 rehearsals he painstakingly explores every bar without the use of a score, allowing no detail to escape his attention. "How many bars in the new tempo do you have?" he demands of an errant celesta player. "I was taking my cue from the harp," she explains. Says Celibidache: "The harp was perfect. You came in too soon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Celibidache's Rumanian Rhapsody | 3/12/1984 | See Source »

...dismisses Zee's repeated insistence that someone is following her as total paranoia. However, at the Cafe is one of the myriad errant street performers filing New York City an the summer-time: a man with a domesticated pigeon. As the movie develops, Larry the pigeon-man also becomes an acquaintance of Zee and Eli, haunting the film with his creepy looks and weird movements. In between his acts he sits at the Cafe with a girl who reads with the pigeon perched on her head. In one scene Larry looks at a girl's t-shirt that reads...

Author: By Andrea Fastenberg, | Title: Overcooked | 3/6/1984 | See Source »

That however, stemmed as much from some errant Carrabino & Co shots in the opening minutes as it did from the sensational Cornell play. Fight Harvard turnovers in the first half alone almost sealed the Crimson's late, as the visitors jumped to a 34 28 halftime lead...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Cornell Crushes Harvard's Ivy Hopes | 3/3/1984 | See Source »

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