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Although Carnesale's "Too Hard" box was empty, the administrator seemed somewhat frazzled. A black overcoat button sat atop a cherry table in his office, presumably waiting to be reattached to the jacket of the busy provost...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Carnesale's Three Boxes | 9/30/1994 | See Source »

...flashy. The vibrant blue of Laughlin's five-year- old down coat had begun to fade. Kermani's dark blue raincoat had become too tight. Shaughnessy thought the brown trench with the bright red lining was starting to look like Columbo's. Scott had purchased a new, gold-colored overcoat to replace the sturdy dark gray mohair that sheltered him through years of commuting from Fairfield, Connecticut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Scene a Tale of Five Warm Coats | 12/27/1993 | See Source »

...July 18, 1984, James Huberty walked into a McDonald's in San Ysidro, Calif. with an overcoat and several semi-automatic weapons. He proceeded to kill 21 people and wound 15 more. Later, he was cut down by police sharpshooters stationed outside the restaurant...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: MSG: Mmm So Good | 11/11/1993 | See Source »

Harvard Film Archive. "The Overcoat" at5:30 p.m. "The Passion of Joan of Arc" at 7:30p.m

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: At Harvard Daily Entertainment & Events | 10/7/1993 | See Source »

ROBERT DUVALL, BULKED UP INSIDE HIS military overcoat and nearly expressionless beneath a bushy mustache, looks as much like Frankenstein's monster as Joseph Stalin in HBO's new film about the Soviet dictator. Certainly his deeds are just as monstrous, and even more unfathomable. Directed by Ivan Passer, STALIN vividly chronicles the revolutionary footsoldier's rise to power and his ruthless, increasingly paranoid reign of terror. The scenes of Stalin's 1930s' purges are especially chilling, and the film gratifyingly avoids hokey re-creations of "big" historical events like the Yalta Conference. Still, despite Duvall's intense performance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Takes: Nov. 23, 1992 | 11/23/1992 | See Source »

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