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...flamboyant, dipsy-do, touches. Against Brown last month, Duncan, caught up in the air with his back to the basket, hurled a shot off the top corner of the backboard which spun into the net. Duncan ran downcourt with a completely straight face--you never admit luck on the playground...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Tracking An Unusual Inner-City Talent | 3/4/1987 | See Source »

While Harvard during the late 19th century may have been a playground for Boston's elite, Black undergraduates not only faced the problems of prejudice, but also de facto segregation from the white community at large...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLANNING A NEW WORLD | 1/7/1987 | See Source »

...playground, where the move counts as much as the basket, "winners' out" is the rule. Score the hoop, keep the ball. Win the game, maintain the court. Hold out until dark if you can, or at least until twilight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Dr. J Is Flying Away | 12/22/1986 | See Source »

...QUAD HOUSES AND THE JORDAN CO-OPS) 7 1 Agassiz School, Oxford and Sacramento Sts. 7 2 Agassiz School, Oxford and Sacramento Sts. 7 3 North Avenue Congregational Church Basement, 1803 Mass Ave., Roseland St. entry, (next to Sears) 7 4 Peabody School, Linnaean St., Playground entry 7 5 Peabody School, Linnaean St., Playground entry 8 1 Lowell School, (New School of Music), Lowell St. 8 2 Armenian Church (Rear), Shahe Hall, Parking Lot Entry, Sparks and Brewster Sts. 8 3 Congregational Church, 11 Garden St. (Mason St. entry), near Commander Hotel 8 4 Agassiz House, 14 Mason St., James...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WARD | 11/3/1986 | See Source »

Luckily for readers, Suskind is as skillful at describing scents as his protagonist is at detecting them, allowing us to share the unique experience of Grenouille's sensual explorations, if not his unbiased reception of both pleasant and putrid smells. Eighteenth-century France is a sensual playground for Grenouille, as Suskind writes...

Author: By Lisa R. Eskow, | Title: The Sweet Smell of Perfume | 10/27/1986 | See Source »

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