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...hosts threatened one last time, but senior Andy Fouse's kick into noman's land with the Eagles on the Crimson goal line snuffed BC's last gasp...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Ruggers Shag Beanpot Title | 4/27/1987 | See Source »

...holders of the toughest opera ticket of the season, entered the Met last week wondering how far the director's passion for outsize verisimilitude would extend. Would he cut off the Prince of Persia's head and stick it on a pole? Build the Great Wall of China? Or (gasp!) actually respect the libretto and provide a tasteful pageant that would suit the lush, exotic music without overwhelming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Franco Zeffirelli in Chinatown and a new Turandot at the Met | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

There's token rock and roll number, and one hilarious swipe at the last gasp of the Golden Age of Hollywood, as Buck and his singing group, the High Hopes, don spangled over-alls for "Put the Blame on Mamie (She Painted the White House Pink)" from the smash film that should've been, The Mamie Eisenhower Story.But the show never strays too far from its home, the nite-club, where "Song-stylists" moan torch songs and members of a capella groups strive, in the true spirit of the age, to be utterly indistinguishable from each other...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On Theater: | 2/13/1987 | See Source »

...would think any constitutional issuesbelong to the health of the non-smoker," saidPatricia Kates, president of the MassachusettsGroup Against Smoking Pollution (GASP). She saidthe air in work-places should be regulated for thesame reasons that restaurants must conform tohealth standards. "It will be a good nudge toHarvard to pay attention to the health needs ofthe students and faculty," she added...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: Restrictions On Smoking Expected To Pass | 12/5/1986 | See Source »

Patricia A. Kates, Massachusetts director ofthe Group Against Smoking Pollution (GASP), saidthat she expects the study to strengthen the causeof non-smokers who call for "clean air" in publicplaces...

Author: By Jonathan S. Leff, | Title: Harvard Aids U.S. Report On `Passive' Smoking | 12/4/1986 | See Source »

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