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...plot. As the introspective Professor, Hainsworth passively listens to the problems of the other characters. He brings impish charm to his character. But Hainsworth has little to work with. Like the guru that he is, he just sits on his bed waiting for other people to come and interrupt his quiet existence...

Author: By Esther H. Won, | Title: Significant Figures | 3/4/1988 | See Source »

...tablet of aspirin every other day, the lowest dose the researchers considered both safe and effective; the other half received a placebo. This past December a board of medical experts monitoring the study decided that the results were "sufficiently compelling," as Yale Cardiologist Lawrence Cohen put it, to interrupt the study...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Aspirin: The Cardiologist's Dream? | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

...hate to interrupt this dialogue between Al and Mike here," interjected Illinois Sen. Paul Simon, as he struggled to make a point during an argument between the other two rivals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Democrats Call For Arms Control | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

Unlike Fatherhood, which felt obliged to interrupt the jokes for a few passages of banal "advice" to parents, Time Flies makes no claim to great significance. That job, as in the earlier book, is left to a plodding introduction by Alvin Poussaint, a Harvard psychiatry professor who is a consultant on Cosby's TV show. And if the kvetching starts to grow wearisome, Cosby manages to end on a note of uplift: " 'Dee-fense!' I am crying to joints that need 3-in-One Oil, to intestines that are begging for custard, and to eyes that are proud of their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: He has a hot TV series, a new book - and a booming comedy empire | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

...There was a certain amount of disturbance, but it didn't interrupt [the scheduled activities]" said E. Peter Tufford, manager of employee relations at Cornell...

Author: By Emily Mieras, | Title: Cornell Service Workers Continue Strike | 9/26/1987 | See Source »

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