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...That was a big goal," Scalise said. "He sees the open net, he throws it and it goes in. That really gave us a big lift...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Laxmen Fete McCaffrey, 11-4; Green Droops at B-Day Party | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

...nationwide radio and television address, delivered partly in folksy native Creole, Council President Lieut. General Henri Namphy acknowledged that there was widespread discontent. Said he: "If you think it is grave now, I tell you it could be a lot graver if people don't return to work and lift the country out of the impasse it is in." Three days later Justice Minister Francois Latortue announced that an unnamed Swiss bank had agreed to freeze a $367 million account belonging to the Duvaliers. The Haitian government hopes to recover the money, which is part of the fortune that Baby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti a Timely Appeal | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

...Linda Runyon tipped in against Cornell with only one second left in double overtime to lift the Crimson to a miraculous 1-0 victory--only its second win in seven games...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: A Season of Serenity | 5/7/1986 | See Source »

...traditional response is student apathy. These are the quietist '80s: and these specimens, ladies and gentlemen, are today's college students, so obsessed with their career prospects that they won't lift a finger for the ideals they probably no longer even cherish...

Author: By Charles T. Kurzman, | Title: When Apathy Is Pathetic | 5/5/1986 | See Source »

Pippin's dream girl, played by Sarah Beatty, says she's just "an average, ordinary kind of woman," and so is her singing. Beatty never manages to lift her role out of its one-dimensional and boring hole. Of course, that might be the point...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: Spring's Here and So Is Pippin | 4/30/1986 | See Source »

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