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...highly touted Crimson divers didn't dominate the Eastern competition, but Pam Stone did grab ninth in both the one-and three-meter events, while Adriana Holy recorded an 11th place finish off the low board...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Tigers Coast at Easterns; Gildea Cruises in 1650 | 3/3/1980 | See Source »

...point of this chilling scenario is that every argument one now hears being advanced by the Soviets to justify the invasion of Afghanistan could also be applied to the Iranian crisis hypothesized above. The Soviets repeatedly-and, quite possibly, with some sincerity-deny having a grand design for a grab at the oil and warm waters of the gulf. But a socialist Iran, asking for help from Moscow tomorrow, is even easier to imagine today than was an Islamic Republic of Iran two years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOVIET UNION: Proximity and Self-Interest | 3/3/1980 | See Source »

...backstage burlesque [Gypsy] or Jewish shtetl life [Fiddler]. I like doing the research, looking at the theatrical magazines of those periods or going through old photographs at the New York Public Library. Let's face it, a musical version of Little Women just isn't going to grab me." What does grab Robbins, it seems, is the opportunity to create an entire society onstage through dance. West Side Story and Fiddler both contain dream ballets that tap the subconscious aspirations and nightmares of their respective ethnic enclaves. In West Side Story's Dance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Robbins Returns to Broadway | 3/3/1980 | See Source »

Jimmy Carter brought the American people drive, personal style and a new face in 1976 and George Bush has them all this time around. The former CIA chief and ambassador to the United Nations is openly and unabashedly copying Carter's come-from-nowhere '76 strategy. Grab the early contests, catch the attention of the media, and write your own convention ticket. Bush has followed the peanut trial well and the gameplan is working even better the second time around...

Author: By Esme C. Murphy, | Title: Bush Follows The Peanut Trail | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

...need an ability to grab hold of tough problems and not delegate them. It's not fair to let the guy below you take the brunt of making the hard decisions. The leader has to get deeply, personally involved in challenging issues and set the policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Executive View by Marshall Loeb: A Guide to Taking Charge | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

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