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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...translation. A problem however with illustrating any great work is that the artist occasionally inflicts too much of his perception of the story upon the reader. Sometimes this is appreciated. Yet with a book like the Nutcracker, Illustrations are a dangerous business. Maurice Sendak is one of the finest creators of books for children. Many of the drawings accompanying the Nutcracker are the same drawings that functioned as the set for the recent ballet. Sendak also created more pictures for the book...

Author: By T. NICHOLAS Dawidoff, | Title: Mixed Nuts... On The Stage... And On The Shelf | 12/15/1984 | See Source »

What was easy to see was that the Crimson had skated away from Thompson Rink with an 11-1 triumph, no injuries and memories of one of their finest tree- trimming parties in years. at Hanover. N. H. Harvard 4 4 2 11 Dartmouth...

Author: By Nick Wurf, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six... Eleven! | 12/15/1984 | See Source »

...Crimson travels to Dartmouth today for its 1984-85 Ivy League opener, which might just signal the start of Harvard's finest season ever...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Ivy Men's Hoop: It's Up for Grabs | 12/11/1984 | See Source »

This year, the hopes are even higher. That's because the Crimson lost to graduation an average of just 12 points per game, while picking up a slew of freshmen many consider the finest in years...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Ivy Men's Hoop: It's Up for Grabs | 12/11/1984 | See Source »

...16th and 17th centuries demonstrate an imagination all but forgotten in modern examples. An antique Agra is alive with a profusion of delicate figuring; a new Agra is static and merely crowded. Inadvertently or not, Gans-Ruedin's selections give the reader a chance to compare the finest rugs with the run of the mill. It is one's best defense against a dealer's trumped-up superlatives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Library to Celebrate the Holidays | 12/10/1984 | See Source »

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