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...stick with the more experienced Crimson through much of the second half. At the ten minute mark, the game was deadlocked at 41-41. As the game wore on, however, Princeton became increasingly flustered and began to foul. In the final minutes of the game, Harvard built a modest 58-52 lead which was shortened to the final 58-55 margin when Princeton nailed a buzzer-beating three-pointer...

Author: By Ellen Hamilton, | Title: W. Cagers Edge Princeton | 2/4/1991 | See Source »

Four years ago, Mark Salzman made an enviable debut as a writer. Iron and Silk was an account of the two years he spent in Hunan teaching English to Chinese medical students. A young man's book, it was modest and graceful and, most important, managed to reflect how the author's own openness and charm brought out the candor in the reserved Chinese people he encountered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Culture Clash: THE LAUGHING SUTRA by Mark Salzman | 2/4/1991 | See Source »

Herman Roth was a retired Newark insurance man. Until his illness, he was a vigorous and dapper widower, a catch for the golden girls of West Palm Beach, Fla. He spent part of his winters there. The rest of the year he lived in a modest Elizabeth, N.J., apartment where he washed his own socks and underwear in the bathroom sink rather than use the coin-operated laundry in the basement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Source: PATRIMONY by Philip Roth | 1/21/1991 | See Source »

...definitely can't compare the dynamic duo to Marsha and Greg Brady. Stephanie and Marty don't look and act like idiots. They are athletic, intelligent, funny and modest. The Clarks are normal...

Author: By Rebecca D. Knowles, | Title: The Clark Spark: An Uncommon Duo | 1/18/1991 | See Source »

...topic of squash, the two are modest. A dentist might say that getting either to discuss squash achievements is like teeth. But when it comes to each other, Stephanie and Marty have plenty...

Author: By Rebecca D. Knowles, | Title: The Clark Spark: An Uncommon Duo | 1/18/1991 | See Source »

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