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...says Deane Bowers, assistant professor of biology and curator of Harvard's vast lepidoptera collection. Deep in the heart of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, her office is filled with frame after frame of the insects, and butterfly earrings dangle whimsically from her ears. "Checkerspots," she notes with a grin, "have a really bitter taste...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spiders . . . . . . and Butterflies | 6/9/1983 | See Source »

When it was over, actually over, an impish grin slowly spread across the intense visage of Harry Parker. He kicked his foot in the air and with a wide smile looked heavenward. And chuckled, as if he'd known it all along...

Author: By Marco L. Quazzo, | Title: Harry Parker: Back in the Saddle | 5/18/1983 | See Source »

...certain too that the corners of her mouth are elevated into a grin when Joan Rivers talks about Joan Rivers: "Right now I'm the meanest bitch in America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Barbs for the Queen (and Others) | 4/11/1983 | See Source »

...explain the pressures that visit a man on the verge of winning a major championship. Why did Nelson bother? He found something appealing about Watson. Nelson did not approve of Watson's flailing swing, but he admired his aggressive manner, and says, "I liked his freckle-faced grin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Solitude and a Solitary Master | 4/11/1983 | See Source »

...Robert Morley as the deranged businessman Bentik also keeps the movie from taking itself too seriously, camping up his malice and insulting his manservant. And the 12-year-old in all of us giggles at serial stunts and big battles from which the heroes emerge safely. The viewer's grin on leaving is partly habit--you're supposed to like movies like this. If you absolutely loved Raiders of the Lost Ark, see High Road to China. On second thought, see Raiders again. Seth A. Tucker

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Well-Worn Road | 3/22/1983 | See Source »

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