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...hurting," was about the only comment Harvard wrestling Coach Jim Peckham could muster yesterday afternoon after Columbia rolled over the Crimson, 32-9, at Malkin Athletic Center, handing the Crimson its third straight Ivy League defeat...

Author: By C. J. Georges, | Title: Cornell Miffs Matmen, 32-9 | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

...taste and discretion. He knows quality when he sees it, and he will go to bat for any playwright he believes in--sometimes to the point of hyperbole. So if this season really boasts the best that America's current dramatists can muster, I suggest a few moments of silence for the passing of the American play...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, EDITOR EMERITUS | Title: STAGE | 2/19/1987 | See Source »

...just released as a single on a hamburger-shaped disc, and "Was It You?," which name-drops controversial topics as if in a shopping list. "The bullets and the hatred, was it you?/The famine and the genital disease, was it you?" is the strongest Statement the Stranglers can muster in this song--and on this album...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: VINYL | 2/19/1987 | See Source »

...President's opponents are using the ballot to muster support against the regime. Communists oppose the proposed constitution because it does not, they say, redress social injustices. Juan Ponce Enrile, who was fired as Defense Minister last November after allegedly orchestrating a coup attempt and is widely thought to want the presidency, opposes ratification because, he says, Aquino's abolition of Marcos' constitution undermined the legitimacy of her own rule. He calls Aquino the "new dictator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines I Know You Still Love Me | 1/19/1987 | See Source »

...forgettable as the score of an ordinary basketball game or as memorable as an Erving move in the midst of it. "There's no ultimate move," he says, "because they aren't choreographed. They just appear. Not for a whole game, but in the right circumstance, I could probably muster up enough energy to do almost anything I've ever done one more time. If it's there, I will." While not exactly set up, the best moves are prepared for, like the corporate and charitable ventures that have been Erving's off-season concern and will soon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Dr. J Is Flying Away | 12/22/1986 | See Source »

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