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...should I know," he says in a gruff yet jocular manner. "What do I look like, a head teaching fellow...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: The Disinformation Exam | 3/4/1987 | See Source »

...work, Harvardicus is stopped by a woman asking directions to Allsred. "How should I know," he says. "What do I look like, a head section leader?" and continues along his gruff yet jocular course...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: The Disinformation Exam | 3/4/1987 | See Source »

...lecture, he announces that there will be a mandatory movie for everybody on Sunday at 8 a.m. After class, a student comes up and asks him where the movie will be. "How should I know," he says in a gruff, yet jocular manner. "What do I look like, a head section leader...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: The Disinformation Exam | 3/4/1987 | See Source »

...bright and cold along the deserted Connecticut beach, but inside a bar on this fall Sunday afternoon, it is dark and warm and crowded with men. The bar is thick with the sound of gruff voices and the smoke of Top Stone cigars and the odors of stale beer and newsprint from the sports sections of the Bridgeport Post-Telegram, the Boston Globe, the Hartford Courant, the New York Times, the New York Post and the New York Daily News, all of which are strewn about the small room. There is a darkened pool table in the corner. A silent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Scene in Connecticut: Game Time | 11/10/1986 | See Source »

Enter Frank (Chris Haywood), the gruff voice of experience. Fresh out of prison, he is anxious to concoct a new get-rich-quick scheme. Malcolm needs a broader. Frank needs an innocent, unsuspecting landlord. A match made in heaven...

Author: By Ellen R. Pinchuk, | Title: Cinema Veritas | 10/24/1986 | See Source »

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