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There they go again, dragging up the ghost of the 1904 Harvard golf team...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Laxwomen Get Shot at NCAA Title | 5/11/1988 | See Source »

...black glop -- industrial butyl rubber, used by roofers. Once this tarry skin is dry, Sultan cuts and blowtorches his design into it, filling in white patches with plaster and enriching the whole with color. The seams of the tiles and panels impose a grid on the image, a ghost memory of the minimalist grids that pervaded American art in the '70s, when Sultan was a student...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Toward A Mummified Sublime | 5/2/1988 | See Source »

Bechstein's summer journey is interrupted every so often by the appearance of his father. As the summer wears on, Bechstein's visits with his father become more painful; he begins to see the man behind the mob. For Bechstein, his father is both a ghost, of a life he left behind, and a portent, of future that may await...

Author: By Mark T Brazaitas, | Title: A Novel About Pittsburgh? | 4/23/1988 | See Source »

...with dates until Felix realizes that he's fallen in love with Linda, and that through his relationship with her he's finally overcome his total lack of confidence with women. Along the way, Felix, a writer for a film magazine, is visited by the ghost of Humphrey Bogart, who offers him useful advice on love in that famous gravelly monotone...

Author: By Will Meyerhofer, | Title: Trenchcoat Warfare | 4/15/1988 | See Source »

...strong Slavic features firmly set in contemplation of the coming battle. No makeup or jewelry lends even a hint of frivolity to her appearance as she wraps one large hand around the neck of her Strad, tucks it confidently under her chin and prepares to stare down the ghost of Paganini. For Viktoria Mullova, there are no frills in concert, just her, the night and the music. & "I work better under pressure," she says. "I am more concentrated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Siren Songs at Center Stage | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

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