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...among Commonwealth leaders sometimes serves to tie their hands. When, for example, it was suggested that the Commonwealth provide its own "umbrella of security" for its smaller members, including Grenada, many strongly opposed the move as too formal and forceful a gesture. But the body finally did agree to lend support to a new security force to be formed by the Eastern Caribbean states...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Commonwealth: Family Quarrels | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

...clear from the opening faceoff who was going to do the bulk of the work. The Terriers carried the puck right into the Harvard zone and stayed there. And stayed And stayed Throughout the period Blair had to lend off a barrage of B.U. shots, mostly from the perimeter...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: A Crimson Surprise: 3-1 Upset at B.U. | 12/1/1983 | See Source »

...interest. Baseball is sounder for a variety of reasons. It demands more skill than physical force, the season is much longer, the players have the strongest collective bargaining agreement in sports, the teams mercifully have avoided all but the barest of playoff series, and the sport somehow does not lend itself to betting...

Author: By John F. Banghinon, | Title: Good Clean Fun | 11/23/1983 | See Source »

...play's design--in set, costumes and lighting--would lend itself to superbly elegant still shots. But technical style, like a play's script, is only a platform for the actors to start from. Design is unquestionably a difficult play--neither the situations nor the characters attempt to be real. Nor is the fantasy an inherently charming one. Only a really elegant style could have made these characters fit for a drawing room--or a two-hour comedy...

Author: By Frances T. Ruml, | Title: Superficial Reflections | 10/13/1983 | See Source »

Charrier admits that his excavation of the artifacts lost some of the information professional archeologists could have acquired from the site. But he defends himself by pointing out that he did preserve the collection as a whole, and did lend it to Harvard for a scholarly study...

Author: By Michael F.P. Doming, | Title: The Tale of the Tunica Treasure | 10/13/1983 | See Source »

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