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After a botched Dartmouth punt, Harvard took over at the Green 45. Hinz busted up the middle, eluding several tackles for a 21-yard gain. On a play action, Yohe rolled out and hit Bunning for a 14-yard pick-up to the Green four-yard line...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: Gridders Turn Green Black and Blue | 10/17/1987 | See Source »

...PICK-UP ARTIST...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Snake Eyes Of Death | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

...Toback comes up with the Judy Blume version. Robert Downey (desperately charming) is a young man on the perpetual make; Ringwald (way too pouty) is his mysterious prey, willing to bet her future on a single game of blackjack. With its saucy patter, crisp editing and brazen sentimentality, The Pick-Up Artist is Toback's first conventional, sit-throughable picture. It is also his most negligible. No life or art is on the line here, just the career of a panther who wants to convince Hollywood he's a pussycat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Snake Eyes Of Death | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

...Coke, Watches, Babies, Mescaline..." Customers interested in procuring a baby followed the pimps to dark abandoned buildings where lines of women waited to be chosen according to the specific genetic qualities desired by patrons. Customers indicated their choice, left a little sperm, and returned nine months later to pick-up their custom-made babies from the pimp...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: Cabbage Patch Currency | 4/16/1987 | See Source »

...course the Happy Hacker's real motivation for going to the show is to pick-up t-shirts from IBM and Apple--the latest in techno-chic worn at the Science Center basement. And, the Happy Hacker is certain to also look for the free highlighters, baseball caps and other hackerobelia. Even if he doesn't go home with a new computer, the trinkets gained are certain to make the show worth the trip...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Companies to Show Off Their Latest Gadgetry | 4/16/1987 | See Source »

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