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...kind of stuff a patzer like me tries out in Washington's Lafayette Square, not the kind world champions play with $1.7 million at stake. I asked the great and wizened Tal what he thought of the opening games of the match. "Hitchcock movies," he replied with a grin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Beauty, Truth and Hitchcock | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

...burden of power has added weight to his taut cheeks, sketched lines under his eyes and erased the spontaneity from his grin. The face of Carlos Salinas de Gortari recalls Mexico's ubiquitous clay masks: one side smiles, free of trenchant thought; the other is a frieze of pained contemplation. That, Nobel laureate Octavio Paz wrote in The Labyrinth of Solitude 40 years ago, is typical of his countrymen: "His face is a mask, and so is his smile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Carlos Salinas: The Man Behind the Mask | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

Ginna Carter as Ariel delivers her lines with the expressive energy of a telephone operator. She wears an indeterminate grin on her face throughout the entire play; the grace of the surrounding spirits her outshines her own. There is none of the master-servant rapport between prospero and Ariel that the text blatantly demands, and this failing undermines the power of Ariel's eventual liberation by Prospero...

Author: By Carey Monserrate, | Title: At the Loeb, An Ill Wind Blows No Good | 11/16/1990 | See Source »

...Republicans' slate of candidates--from an aloof William Weld to an effusive Joseph Malone--were trying to sneak in a few solitary moments with their filet mignon at the head table, Rappaport was out among the well-wishers, pressing the flesh and accepting discreetly-offered envelopes with a grin...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: A Long Trip Downhill | 11/5/1990 | See Source »

...although center Darrin Duda and offensive tackle Tom Callahan remain sidelined with injuries, the returns of right guard Mike Zweber from a back injury and tight end Andy Lombara from an ankle injury might even make Restic grin. But more than Restic's mood will be on the line when the Bruins visit The Stadium today...

Author: By Josie Karp, | Title: Gridders Put Ivy Hopes on the Line | 11/3/1990 | See Source »

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