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...were hoping to play solidly defensively", Penn coach Fran Dunphy said. "We were a little worn down after [Friday night at Dartmouth], and we knew we were in for a tough night...

Author: By Zachary T. Ball, | Title: At Last! Harvard Takes Down Penn | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

...pokes fun at demeaning racial stereotypes, the laughs don't always fall on the side of the angels. And speaking of demeaning racial stereotypes, the current issue includes two cartoons dealing with the supposed largeness of African-American penises and a curious TV spoof in which The Nanny's Fran Drescher "paints her butt with shoe polish. Then she sits on her big, black ass and collects [welfare] checks. Hilarity ensues." Well, maybe. But not in The People vs. Larry Flynt, which turns a blind eye to this recurrent aspect of the Flynt oeuvre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PORNOGRAPHY AND ITS DISCONTENTS | 1/27/1997 | See Source »

...other two were small operations. Owners of all three surviving independents say they don't mind Loewen's presence because Loewen boosts its prices so high that any customers with the emotional stomach to shop around will come to them. Faith Hallett, co-owner with her sister Fran of the Hallett Funeral Home in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, estimates that her funeral prices run $600 to $1,200 lower than those of the surrounding Loewen homes and adds, "The Loewen Group hasn't hurt us in the least." Says a former Loewen executive, interviewed on condition of anonymity: "The best thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FIGHT TO THE DEATH | 12/9/1996 | See Source »

...higher classes, though, the Crimson's Achilles heel, the loss of 177-pounder Fran Volpe frustrates the organization's excellent recruiting efforts...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, | Title: Wrestling Commences Season | 11/22/1996 | See Source »

...piloted every bomber in the Air Force fleet, was in a dead heat with Loretta Sanchez in his increasingly Hispanic Southern California district. Even Jesse Helms, North Carolina's conservative firebrand, started sounding more tolerant about abortion, touted his ability to direct federal aid to his state after Hurricane Fran left $5 billion in damage and boasted of his success in protecting the state's tobacco and peanut farmers from Republican budget cutters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OUR JOURNEY IS NOT DONE | 11/18/1996 | See Source »

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