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...particularly disagrees with PUCC's off-campus focus, Nelson says. He points to the example of "Pinch the Grinch," a food and clothing drive the council held last Christmas...

Author: By Peggy S. Chen, | Title: NOT QUITE PUCCING THE TREND | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

...Cannes still flourishes, it's because it is supported by Hollywood films and stars. For the world press, a star is by definition American--or in a pinch, English. So everyone ogles at the big parade: Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Taylor, Cher, Mick Jagger, Kenneth Branagh, Sandra Bullock and Elton John. None of these worthies were showing completed films; they were on hand simply to bring luster to a festival where voyeurism is a vocation. Gawkers in evening dress could watch La Liz at a lavish dinner to benefit AIDS research, where she auctioned off a Robert Rauschenberg painting with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: ALL YOU NEED IS HYPE | 5/27/1996 | See Source »

...double to right-center by freshman catcher Terri Teller scored her, and pinch-runner Mandy Wills crossed the plate on a co-captain Amy Reinhard double...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Softball Dominates Big Green, Garners Eleventh Straight Win | 5/6/1996 | See Source »

...that John F. Kennedy Jr. and Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg will need to pinch pennies. They have seen the value of the estate they inherited two years ago jump as much as two-thirds in four days, with the auction producing something for them that their mother's will did not: millions in ready cash. Alexander Forger, a lawyer and co-executor, told the Washington Post that the value of the Jackie O. estate was $45 million to $50 million before the auction. But most of that was in trusts that must give their income to charity and the principal, eventually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TAXMAN COMETH | 5/6/1996 | See Source »

...Australian, the young and the old, the sane and Rodman playing in harmony. But even the coach is hard put to explain just how this team will win more games than any N.B.A. team before it. "A number of times this year," he says, "I'd tell my coaches, 'Pinch me, I don't know if this is a dream or not.' It was like we were doing this with mirrors and smoke. But the reality has sunk in that this team deserves it all for the way they are playing. We've had some breaks this year, without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BASKETBALL: CUNNING OF THE BULLS | 4/22/1996 | See Source »

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