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Once the game started, the cosmic indicatorsdid not improve. The worst moment came in thefourth quarter, when junior Clint Kollar got ahand on Ryan Kiernan's punt. The ball wobbled,spun end-over-end, hit the ground and rolled. Androlled. By the time it was downed, the punt hadtraveled 40 yards. Harvard's longest punt of theday was 39 yards...

Author: By Bryan Lee, | Title: Bad Karma | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

...sure that past and principles don't weigh too heavily on a biopic's audience. You can see this in the bantering palship of Collins and his faithful sidekick Harry Boland (Aidan Quinn), and in the largely antic rivalry that develops between them over the affections of pert Kitty Kiernan (Julia Roberts). It's even there in the characterization of Eamon de Valera, President of the nascent Irish Republic. He's wonderfully played by Alan Rickman as a deeply devious neurasthenic, but he is seen by Jordan as the kind of political sophisticate who has been betraying simplehearted soldiers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: MICHAEL COLLINS: WANT A REVOLUTION? | 10/14/1996 | See Source »

...Kiernan B. Morrow was one of 78 Blacks whoturned down Harvard this year. She says she choseDuke because it offered more financial aid andrecruited her more aggressively than Harvard...

Author: By D. RICHARD De silva, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lowest Number of Black First-Years Since Class of 1972 | 9/18/1992 | See Source »

According to Kiernan, part of this education was conveying "the monotony of nothingness" experienced by the average infantry soldier. "It's not all like the movies, and the media now understands this," he said...

Author: By Paul F. Sheridan, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Army Col. Talks on Media | 4/22/1992 | See Source »

...Kiernan attributed the Gulf War's lack of coverage of individual battles--a significant break from Vietnam coverage--largely to the fact that Gulf fighting lasted only four

Author: By Paul F. Sheridan, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Army Col. Talks on Media | 4/22/1992 | See Source »

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