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...particularly great president, or that he was killed by a massive conspiracy of evil people that included everybody except for The American Public, I am entirely convinced that he was an intelligent man. Even though his application to Harvard sucked. Even though his grades at Harvard were mostly gentleman's C's. Even though the authorship of his senior thesis remains under dispute to this...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: JFK: The Untold Story | 1/15/1992 | See Source »

Despite the overall positivity of my pugilistic experience, I still have one lingering insecurity. I can't decide on a good boxing nickname. My roommate immediately declared that he was "Irish" John Donahue. "Jewish" Daniel Jacob Sharfstein did not quite cut it. Neither did "Jean Claude Van" Dan Sharfstein, "Gentleman" Dan Sharfstein, "Dancing" Danny Sharfstein. After reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X, I thought of Daniel "Yacub" Sharfstein, but that wouldn't do. My grandfather suggested Danny "Soft Touch" Sharfstein. Thanks a lot, Grandpa. I'm working...

Author: By Daniel J. Sharfstein, | Title: Finding Myself in the Ring | 1/10/1992 | See Source »

...Best Bad Actor (Senior Division) showed that an aging tennis ace can climb into a semifinal slot at the U.S. Open by behaving like a colicky two- year-old. Gentleman Jim, 39, disputed an umpire's ruling with such epithets as "son of a bitch" and "an abortion." Some spectators guessed that Connors had seen too many Robert De Niro movies -- or too many John McEnroe videotapes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 1991: Sport | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

...Best Bad Actor (Senior Division) showed that an aging tennis ace can climb into a semifinal slot at the U.S. Open by behaving like a colicky two- year-old. Gentleman Jim, 39, disputed an umpire's ruling with such epithets as "son of a bitch" and "an abortion." Some spectators guessed that Connors had seen too many Robert De Niro movies -- or too many John McEnroe videotapes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 1991 | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

Alas, the distinguished gentleman in the picture is not Robert Paul Wolff '54, as the caption claims, but in all likelihood that far more noted, now unhappily deceased gentleman Professor Robert Lee Wolff, formerly of the Harvard History Department...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Morbid Mistake | 12/14/1991 | See Source »

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