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...time constraints of a lameduck session, however, gave inordinate power to a handful of conservative Republicans who took it upon themselves to rescue Reagan from what they considered a fateful lapse into taxing and spending. Two Republican freshmen, Donald Nickles of Oklahoma and Gordon Humphrey of New Hampshire, previously known only for their obscurity, teamed with veteran marplot Jesse Helms of North Carolina to filibuster the measure to death's door. Majority Leader Baker tried to save the program by refusing to consider the continuing resolution until the gas-tax debate ended. But he made a strategic error...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lame Ducks Lay an Egg | 12/27/1982 | See Source »

DIED. Steve Gordon, 44, cinematic overnight sensation whose second screenplay and directorial debut, the fluffy screwball comedy Arthur, grossed more than $ 130 million at the box office and guffaws of critical approval; of a heart attack; in New York City. A writer of TV commercials and sitcoms, he could not quite believe his Arthurian success, saying last year, "I haven't even started my next screenplay, and already it doesn't work. I just think I fooled them once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Dec. 13, 1982 | 12/13/1982 | See Source »

Younger students are especially perceptive to the undergraduates. Reena B. Gordon '86 praises her AS 11 section leader, a senior: "He is very well aware of how it feels to be a student in the course because he only took it last year...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: Who's in Charge Here? | 12/10/1982 | See Source »

...Collegium is sponsored in the endeavor by the parents of Karen Avra Gordon '84, who died last year and was a member of Hillel. Her father (Professor of Chemistry Roy Gordon) and mother mean to sponsor a religious or Israeli musical event each term for the next several years...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Choruses and Carols | 12/8/1982 | See Source »

...game. K-Land scored its only points. On fourth down, with the ball at the Winthrop 23, Sherlock fell back to pass. Finding and open receivers, be rolled left and threw a desperation pass to Rollie Olvera. Unable to grasp the ball. Olvera tipped it to a wide-open Gordon Anderson in the end zone. The score became 14-8 when Sherlock found Dwayne Jones for the two-point conversion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winthrop Stops K-Land for Title, 14-8 | 11/24/1982 | See Source »

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