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My attention was diverted when I noticed a more ambitious hand maneuver its paper loop under the largest goldfish in the tub, and lift it swiftly out of the water. I watched the goldfish as it lay tenuously in an iridescent arc, its tail and head hanging over the sides...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From Expos 17, October 1990: | 10/21/1993 | See Source »

Assuming the bus would be slower off the mark than the cars in front of me, I allowed myself to think that the enemy was vanquished. But no! The cars were in fact more slothful than their more massive counterpart. Nevertheless, as my opponent gave the smoking bus some room...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: Don't Leave Home--If You're Not in a Tank | 8/10/1993 | See Source »

"We're not amongst widows and orphans here." Souers said of the investors of the University's endowment. "These people were trying to do a sophisticated financial maneuver. It's financial greenmail for the '90s."

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: Marriott Split Could Hurt University | 7/9/1993 | See Source »

They don't meet cute. As a matter of fact, they don't meet at all until the end of the movie. She hears him on a radio shrink's call-in program, into which he's been plugged by his eight-year-old son Jonah (Ross Malinger), who thinks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Romance | 7/5/1993 | See Source »

Dunphy said that summer crowds could well lead to overflowing trash barrels by nighttime, even if the Square was clean in the afternoon. But he said late-night cleaning poses logistical difficulties. "Crowds get in the way," he said, asserting that a garbage truck would find it difficult to maneuver...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: Dirty Square | 7/2/1993 | See Source »

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