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...this, three and one-half hours of all of this. Generally well-choreographed, often amusing, absurdly comic, emotionally unencumbering, less tedious than its length suggests, it has that same cheeky appeal as Duchamp's "Mona Lisa" or a bust of George Washington with a tinted-blue Mohawk: it makes us laugh well enough but makes us feel nothing...

Author: By Clark J. Freshman, | Title: Just Not To Be | 4/26/1985 | See Source »

Likewise, at The Ski Market, a store that sells spoting goods, neatness and appearance count the most, says Manager Anne D. Cole. Clerk Lisa L Buckner adds that "If you had a mohawk, you probably wouldn...

Author: By Jennifer L. Mnockin, | Title: But What Do I Wear? | 3/19/1985 | See Source »

Colleen K. Larimore, president of Native Americans at Dartmouth termed the campaign "horrible." She says human beings should not be used as symbols and that you cannot stereotype a whole people in a picture. The likeness is that of a Mohawk Indian, who are not native to New Hampshire, she adds...

Author: By Nicholas P. Caron, | Title: American Indians at Harvard | 11/28/1984 | See Source »

...America even while preserving its deep-seated humanity." At the shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupré on the banks of the St. Lawrence River, he greeted a crowd of more than 3,000 colorfully garbed Indians and Eskimos, using seven native languages ranging from Algonquin and Micmac to Mohawk and a passable Inuit (Eskimo) dialect. In the tiny Newfoundland community of Flatrock (pop. 869), John Paul blessed local codfishing boats from a seaside platform, then radioed, "Good fishing, safe passage and God's blessing" to the fishermen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: An Essentially Pastoral Visit | 9/24/1984 | See Source »

...224th Military Intelligence Battalion, from Hunter Air Force Base in Savannah, Ga., is separated from the rest of the compound by triple-concertina barbed wire and signs cautioning would-be intruders that sentries are allowed to use "deadly force." The 224th's activities are to fly OV-1B Mohawk and RU-21J Beechcraft reconnaissance aircraft loaded with surveillance gear over El Salvador and gather information on the movements of F.M.L.N. guerrillas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America: And Now, the Main Event | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

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