Word: phoning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...doubtlessly true that many faculty work hard, but this community likes to think it rewards accomplishment. Lee's work has led to remarkably successful classes. And success has led to more work, as undergraduates flock--with their questions, late-night phone calls and other demands--to Lee's History 1711, "The United States and East Asia," and other offerings...
...appointed bankruptcy trustee detailing her family's losing battle to hold on to their North Carolina farm (NATION, Sept. 8) has elicited just such an outpouring. In the two weeks since Mrs. Brauer's account of hardworking folk facing bankruptcy appeared, TIME and the Brauers have been deluged with phone calls and letters from strangers offering to help. "People are very concerned," reports TIME Letters Chief Joan Walsh. "I think that the Brauers' decency has obviously touched TIME readers...
...tennis twice each weekend. "He always wants to win," observes Investment Banker Bernard Stein, one of his regular partners. Tisch also enjoys showing guests first-run % movies on a full-size screen. Friends are devoted to him. Says Stein: "If I were in trouble and had to make a phone call, he's the guy I'd call...
...simultaneous release of Nicholas S. Daniloff," he too was being let go in the custody of his ambassador. Other conditions also were nearly identical to those imposed on Daniloff: Zakharov must not travel more than 25 miles from U.N. headquarters in New York, and he must check in by phone with a federal marshal every day. Soviet Ambassador Yuri Dubinin promised in writing to produce Zakharov in court when required; the U.S. similarly guaranteed that Daniloff will show up in a Soviet court if ordered...
Crime Story is the most realistic TV cop show in years, yet the emotions reach almost baroque heights. Looking over the scene of a partner's murder, Torello thrusts his fist through a phone-booth window and sinks into tears. A fatally injured young hood, restrained by a respirator, flails about on his hospital bed in panic and rage. The pilot has enough violence to ignite a season's worth of protests. Yet nothing seems exploitative. In a bravura opening, a wild chase ends with a shoot-out at the house of an anonymous family. After the carnage is over...