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...sparing on the blitz: W & M quarterback Shawn Knight is a skilled scrambler and a deft passer. Harvard should concert its efforts on defending the Tribe's potentially potent aerial attack...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W & M Superior, But Does It Matter? | 9/26/1992 | See Source »

...this for long." Through the expected litigation -- in which Vincent will be represented by Brendan Sullivan, Oliver North's attorney in the Iran-contra hearings -- the owners will keep pressing for Vincent's resignation, because they want a stronger advocate with a weaker mandate. Probably there is no white knight for the owners, but it's sweet to daydream about the perfect candidate. A man of stature and compromise. A man whose son is an owner of the Texas Rangers. If George Bush becomes available early next year, he could throw out the ball on opening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fay Vincent Gets Beaned | 9/14/1992 | See Source »

...safe, maybe, but trashy enough for the pilot of this CBS series to place first in last week's Nielsens. Hartman plays a former hooker who shares her pad with a lawyer (Jennifer Beals -- remember Flashdance?), an actress (Drew Barrymore -- remember E.T.?) and the actress's scheming sister (Tuesday Knight -- remember silly stage names?). Director Joel Schumacher launched the series with a lot of dumb style; it's just the sort of + flashy bauble that could bring prime-time soaps back into fashion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Takes: Sep. 7, 1992 | 9/7/1992 | See Source »

...Knots Landing) along with newcomers like Bob, the umpteenth Bob Newhart comedy; and on Saturday night, where stay-at-homes can flip between all three networks and find such anachronistic offerings as Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (Jane Seymour as a doctor on the American frontier), Covington Cross (a medieval knight and his family) and Crossroads (Robert Urich traveling the country in a reprise of Route...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Shows Live or Die | 6/8/1992 | See Source »

Representative democracy is too messy for Perot--and so are the checks that go with it. If we become disillusioned with President Perot, where will we turn? To a cowed Congress? To another White Knight...

Author: By Jason M. Solomon, | Title: Voting for the Insiders' Outsider | 6/2/1992 | See Source »

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