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...sure we were ever avant-garde. I think it's true that in the early days we felt like we had to establish ourselves as being different, so maybe it was easier for us to do odd things and take more chances. I think the grind of doing a show every night makes you more inclined to say "Well, we did that once before, we can do it again." A certain kind of inertia takes over. But I think what has come over the years is a more consistent spirit. We have more confidence now in what we do. Whereas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview :David Letterman He's No Johnny Carson | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

Rodgers is running his veterans, tiring them out and making it necessary to use his bench. Grind down Kevin McHale. Bring on Mark Acres. Wear out Dennis Johnson. Send in Reggie Lewis...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: The Run Down on the Celtics' Offense | 12/6/1988 | See Source »

...technically-oriented curriculum which can become a real grind for most students," Shibley said. "Going to the hockey games is a good release and because of the active involvement in the sport of hockey here, RPI has a student body with a built-in knowledge of the sport...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: College Hockey Fever ... Catch It! | 11/11/1988 | See Source »

...been watching the Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots grind it out for eight years--from the other end, where football is the only sport in town. When the Pats come to town, Miami's Joe Robbie Stadium is bustling with electricity...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Shhhhhh... | 11/8/1988 | See Source »

...begins another day in the "other republic," as rural Haiti is known. Governments come and go in Port-au-Prince, but daily life in the western hemisphere's poorest country remains a tedious grind, with little chance for Mercius and the hundreds of thousands of other landless peasants to improve their lot. Hope flared briefly in 1986, when Haitians rebelled and forced "President-for-Life" Jean-Claude Duvalier into exile. Since then, the government has changed hands three times, most recently last month, when a coup installed the regime of Lieut. General Prosper Avril. No matter how good Avril...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti In the Land Where Hope Never Grows | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

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