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Introductory statements. Count the sound bytes as they pass, my children. The candidates will observe each other's speeches dispassionately. Elvis will smile too much, Big Ears will fidget and Poppy will nod paternally. All will attempt to look presidential...

Author: By Lori E. Smith, | Title: Open Your Briefing Books... | 10/10/1992 | See Source »

...Ears will talk about his economic plan, Elvis will talk about his economic plan and Poppy will nod paternally. The audience will clap politely...

Author: By Lori E. Smith, | Title: Open Your Briefing Books... | 10/10/1992 | See Source »

...lady buying her morning coffee confirmed that with a nod. She turned out to be very helpful--she had been towed several times herself. She told me how to go about retrieving my car and even gave me a lift to the T-stop...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: A Liberal Education | 9/26/1992 | See Source »

Murphy was a top contender for the post following the departure of former dean Patricia A. Graham in early 1991, Rudenstine said in a interview yesterday. But in one of the major appointments of his first year, Harvard's president gave the nod to Columbia Teachers College professor Linda Darling-Hammond...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Murphy Named to Top Post At Grad School of Education | 8/14/1992 | See Source »

...That's When Your Heartaches Begin, the two tunes he cut that day back in 1953, as well as 14 performances never before released -- is available in this hefty, have-to- have-it compilation, which features a scrupulous discography, an excellent essay by critic Peter Guralnick and, in a nod to recent postal madness, a "limited edition" stamp sheet made up of Elvis record covers from the '50s. These stamps are suitable for framing or pasting but not posting, which suits just fine: it's the music that carries the message anyhow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The King's Ransom | 7/20/1992 | See Source »

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