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...examines the somnambulistic life of his fellow wanderers. The plot--a mysterious figure arrives with empty promises of return and recognition--is, as in all the works, secondary. Nabokov, the ultimate gamesman, takes the word play seriously. A coquette demands, "Why don't you say something?" Replies her lover: "Forgot my lines." A woman theorizes, "There were several Lenins. The real one was killed at the very beginning." Another abruptly decides that she is not in love, because "there was no violin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Gamesman the Man From the U.S.S.R. & Other Plays | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

...knew I had a shortout but I forgot about the record," Blair said after the game. "Breaking it's no big deal. Tying it was big. There's no pressure...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Fusco Cruises, Cornell Bruises, Princeton Loses | 3/7/1985 | See Source »

...They forgot their track shoes...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Quick Brown Zips Past Women Cagers, 81-67 | 2/27/1985 | See Source »

Harvard continued to battle hard, but the team's lack of experience took its toll. The Crimson forgot its set play at one crucial juncture while Brown along tenaciously to its lead...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Brown Edges Cagers; Crimson Pushes Champs | 2/11/1985 | See Source »

Black & Decker, founded in 1910, has long experience with battery-powered tools. Astronauts carried its portable drills to the moon. In the mid-1970s the company introduced a power handle with drill, flashlight, hedge-trimmer and vacuum attachments. The product failed, though, because consumers often forgot to recharge the batteries. But when the handle was joined permanently to the vacuum alone, a success was born...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marketbuster: The vac that roared | 2/11/1985 | See Source »

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