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...locale was a four-unit apartment building under construction in Chicago. Both men were participating in a project of Habitat for Humanity, a Georgia-based outfit that builds homes for the poor. Carter has done previous Habitat stints in New York City, but this was the first such outing for Colson, now a born- again Christian and founder-head of Prison Fellowship Ministries. He finds the ex-President a "slave driver" who is "very similar to Richard Nixon in that respect, although for a different cause. This one doesn't end us up in jail -- just at hard labor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 21, 1986 | 7/21/1986 | See Source »

...This was definitely one of our best outings of the year, especially coming off our worst outing," defenseman Ralph Hartman said. The Crimson was helped by out-standing performances on defense by Hartman, Pennoyer and goalie Mark Vita...

Author: By Vadim Nikitine, | Title: Laxmen Save Face, Addle Adelphi, 11-8 | 5/5/1986 | See Source »

...morgue. On Tuesday evening a group of handpicked correspondents, mostly women, were driven to the children's hospital at Al Fatah University and shown two young boys, who were identified as sons of Colonel Gaddafi's. Both were lying under oxygen tents, strapped to their hospital beds. On one outing, a Libyan militiaman held a plastic bag and plucked from it a child's charred foot that had been severed at the ankle. Holding it up in the air, he said, "That's what superpowers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: So Close, Yet So Far | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

Still, Legend might make a nice outing for kids. There's no sex or cursing, and the inevitable violence is done in soothing pastels with no major fatalities. The photography is quite lavish: the first half hour of the film gets by simply because the viewer is visually stunned. The special effects too are surprisingly tasteful, with the distorted faces of Evil's henchmen done with realism and restraint. Legend would probably be able to scare the average eight-year-old without producing traumatic night-mares...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: Guys and Trolls | 4/25/1986 | See Source »

...hasn't been easy for Janet this year, being the third pitcher," Wentzell said. "She hasn't had the volume of innings she had last year, but she's kept working at it. This was her best outing of the year...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Batswomen Batter Bentley, 6-3 | 4/23/1986 | See Source »

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