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...back--he stands just 5-ft., 9-in. in elevator shoes--but he's durable. If a hole does not open in front of him, he'll hammer away until it does. He'll be back next year...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: The Best of Harvard's Worst Times | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

After three hours of levity among corpses, both Barnes' script and the actors fave a hard time convincing the audience that the time for sadness has come now that the dying is done. Barnes continues to hammer at the same arguments, the same feminist, anti-clerical strains that he has touted all along. Whatever power they had earlier in the play, these ideas are already beginning to lose their comic appeal, and when made serious, they fall flat. The actors--who look ridiculous to start with in their spectacularly clean frocks, rags and robes--really cannot effect the change with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dying Is Easy, Comedy Is Hard | 10/28/1988 | See Source »

Union members sang familiar tunes withcustomized lyrics, such as "McHarvard," avariation on the McDonald's television advertisingjingle, and "If We Had a Union" to the tune of "IfI Had a Hammer." A few participants brought theiryoung children along, carrying thempiggyback-style as they marched...

Author: By Tracy Kramer, | Title: Union Visits Bok, Holds Vigil | 10/28/1988 | See Source »

This week OPEC's pricing and strategy committees will meet in Madrid in an effort to hammer out a production agreement that its members can abide by. If that effort fails, as many experts believe it will, OPEC ministers will get another chance to resolve their differences when they reconvene in Vienna in late November...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War of The Open Spigots | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

...Rude and Smooth," the undefeated 1974-5 Harvard men's heavyweight boat, is a fixture at the Head. Former Olympian (1984) and Christopher R. "Tiff" Wood '75, known as "The Hammer," will return this year to lead the "Rude and Smooth" boat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Well-Loved, Well-Attended Event | 10/22/1988 | See Source »

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