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Presidential reputations are always fluid. Dwight Eisenhower, for example, was regarded during the '60s as a somewhat vague golfer with a tendency to blunder into sand traps when attempting a complicated English sentence. Now he is enjoying a rehabilitation. His watch was essentially peaceful and prudent, his revisionists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: J.F.K. After 20 years, the question: How good a President? | 11/14/1983 | See Source »

...focus of this production is on the fluid, intense interactions between characters, and Jennings never lets excessive motions detract from the power of the character's language. In his two productions last year Enemy of the People and The Mother. Jennings let extreme political leftism overshadow the acting. But in this play, Jennings has cast political sentiment aside and concentrated his attentions on accentuating the fineness of the acting...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: On the Hot Seat | 11/9/1983 | See Source »

...President's National Security Adviser has an odd job: because there is no statutory description of the position, the duties are fluid and ambiguous, and appointments to the post are not subject to senatorial confirmation. As a result, the job can change drastically with each successive occupant. So although at week's end a successor to William Clark had not been officially named, the leading contender, Robert ("Bud") McFarlane, and the also-rans prompted distinct lines of speculation about the style and substance he-or she-would bring to a White House office that has become a hotspot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leaning Toward a Team Player | 10/24/1983 | See Source »

...thigh injury kept halfback Mark Vignali, Harvard's leading rusher, from starting, and put a heavy burden in the early going on wingback-turned-halfback Steve Ernst (11 carries in the first quarter). Cornerback John Dailey still has fluid in his right knee; he didn't play. Neither did defensive tackle Barry Ford, nor linebacker Andy Nolan, whose deep thigh bruise has calcified, restricting his mobility. And Restic's usual backup QB, Brian White, was unavailable for action, suffering from a blood clot in his throwing...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: Gridders Turn It Over to Dartmouth | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

Things looked bleak for the netwomen early in the week, with number-two player Erika Smith still on crutches after two weeks with fluid on the knee, and Captain Debbie Kaufman having retired her crutches just last Thursday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women's Tennis | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

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