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Buss asks each member of a couple to answer the same questions about themselves and about their partner. He then compares the responses to look for similarities and differences in such diverse things as height, social actions, and personality dispositions...

Author: By Maria L. Crisera, | Title: Psychologist Researches Characteristics of Couples | 5/2/1984 | See Source »

...problem with the debate thus far over the bridge is that it has focused attention away from the real problem with the bridge--its aesthetic idiocy. A monstrous construction of over 150 feet in length, 18 feet wide, and 20 feet height--with a large circular 'eye' in the middle--the bridge is, well, ugly. Instead of trying to drum up support for another ideological war on Harvard. Cambridge residents should press Harvard for a tangible gain--sending architect James Stirling back to the drawing board to design us a new bridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Can't See the Fogg For the Bridge | 5/1/1984 | See Source »

...hook," a shot he devised at the age of nine and the height of 5 ft. 8 in. when all of his standard attempts had been blocked, 7-ft. 2-in. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar supplanted 7-ft. 1-in. Wilt Chamberlain last week as the National Basketball Association's most prolific scorer. Over 13 professional years, Chamberlain amassed 31,419 points, up to 100 at a time. Abdul-Jabbar, 36, is in his 15th season and showing no signs of halting. With a typical display of integrity, the Laker pivotman could not restrain himself from scoring 22 points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Mountains High | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

...They also farm and tend cattle and celebrate the Roman Catholic Mass. When they have satisfied the demands of their own ancients, they dance for the good of humanity. One day in late January, while dancing for world peace and prosperity, a plane crossed their dusty plaza at the height of "about three telephone poles," its engine drowning out their thundering drums and cutting off their prayerful thoughts, they say. Somebody got the serial number...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New Mexico: Privacy Without Reservation | 4/9/1984 | See Source »

...times in the days to come. Even if I wished to do so, it is now far too late to correct the impressions that it made, but I may be forgiven for saying that I regard the way in which the tape was edited, especially by CBS, as the height of technical artistry. The television camera is the siege machine of the 20th century. Perhaps the camera and microphone magnified the effects of my spring up the stairs. Possibly I should have washed my face or taken half a dozen deep breaths before going on camera. The fact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alexander Haig | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

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