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...Contact ensures that a student can be absolutely, 100 percent sure that they will not raise an eyebrow, certainly not on issues of sexual orientation," says Contact Co-Director Humberto X. Mata...

Author: By Jonathan M. Berlin, | Title: Trying to Fill a Void, Peer Counselors Offer Advice That The Pros Can't | 4/5/1990 | See Source »

...Fred Hargadon: "If we were in Japan, Pete would be designated a Living National Treasure." Instead, Carril may have to settle for merely being the best college basketball coach in America. Year after year, he molds a succession of students whose collective athletic skills would not elicit a raised eyebrow from pro scouts into cohesive units that play a disciplined, cerebral game and regularly confound Top 20 opponents. Yet, until one evening last March when his team nervelessly took top-seeded Georgetown to the limit, losing 50-49, Carril was a household name only in the 609 area code. This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PETE CARRIL: This Coach Stalks Overdogs | 3/19/1990 | See Source »

...customers walk out of Del Frisco's Steak House in New Orleans without leaving a tip, none of the waiters even raise an eyebrow. Nor do they at Cafe Provencal in Evanston, Ill., or Michael's in Santa Monica, Calif. Tipping is no longer expected at these establishments, but that does not mean the service is free. They are among a small but growing number of U.S. restaurants that are replacing the tipping system with a service charge, typically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leaving Tips: Here comes the service charge | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

...over, on her hips, her bottom, her stomach. The ones on her chest are reputed to be the largest over in the Pudding's history, and they often seem to move all on their own. Her performance is all in her appearance--with her faint moustache, one long eyebrow, and house-sized black lace dress--but even better is her body language. Shaking her groove thing, or two, comes natural to Mama, as she forcefully swats a bat and lurches her hips in the "Mobster Mash" number...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Hasty Pudding Theatricals: Puttin' on the Blitz | 2/22/1989 | See Source »

Barbara will probably never sit in on Cabinet meetings a la Rosalynn Carter or get people fired, as Nancy did. But a spousal "Dear, I wouldn't do that if I were you," delivered with a raised eyebrow, can often defeat a stack of position papers. During Bush's postelection vacation, he was asked whether he had received any advice about his new job. He smiled broadly and pointed to his wife, standing nearby in tennis shoes and sweats. Barbara raised her eyebrows and said, "Just kidding." Replied Bush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Silver Fox | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

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