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...bottles pumping fluids into his every orifice. Grass claims to suffer from "heavy water." After some banter about medical exotica like "dangling paraphenalia" and "polyester blood," a nurse comes to take Grass back to the "Day Room" in the psychiatric wing. Then this nurse is taken away as a looney...

Author: By Abigail M. Mcganney, | Title: Curtain Call: | 2/27/1987 | See Source »

...Pendleton is hardly the first chairman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission to cause controversy, but he is the first to do so by attacking the civil rights programs. In 1984 Pendleton ridiculed comparable worth--the effort to equate pay scales in different jobs--as "the looniest idea since Looney Tunes," and he has denounced U.S. black leaders for marching toward a "political Jonestown" of Government welfare dependence. Pendleton's fighting style has grown more visceral by the issue, so that even some who agree with him think he has lost effectiveness. Commission Member John Bunzel, who usually votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Telling Wrong From Rights | 4/21/1986 | See Source »

...touchdown in seven quarters. Hasn't allowed a score in second half of either game this year. Only potential problem is lack of depth. Even DEFENSIVE LINE: The leader of this group is defensive tackle Joe Monaco, who has 32 tackles so far this season. Rick Miller and Kevin Looney are adequate ends, and junior Jeff Heineman is a mammoth right tackle. An average unit. LINEBACKERS: The defense's strong point. Captain Brent Wilkinson leads this group, with returnees Scott Collins and Larry Bean providing strong support. Wilkinson was a madman a week ago, shutting down a strong UMass attack...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: The Scouting Report | 10/5/1985 | See Source »

Talking Heads is a band of high repute and wide recognition still looking for one of those bring-'em-to-their-knees commercial breakthroughs. The Heads are spoiling for it, in fact, on evidence of their sprightly and acidic new album Little Creatures, a collection of nine nifty, looney tunes that seem calculated to loft them out of their cerebral groove right onto the main highway. Time for everyone to hitch a ride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Heads Are Rolling | 9/2/1985 | See Source »

...only question that remained at game's end was why there hadn't been more goals. And, with a paltry crowd of 50, there weren't many wondering about it. Harvard Coach John Dooley answered it anyway, pointing to Eagle goalie Ann Marie Looney, who racked up a record 58 saves...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Icewomen Take Beanpot Opener, 12-0 As Carroll Has Trick Against B.C. | 2/9/1983 | See Source »

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