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There will doubtless be dramatic acts and gestures ahead, but the grand lines of his reign have been set. That is a pleasing prospect to a conservative like Lay Historian James Hitchcock of St. Louis University. "We may be emerging from the spiritual and intellectual crisis that has afflicted the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hand of Terrorism | 5/25/1981 | See Source »

It may not be Sputnik, but it is a surprise. Somehow one did not think of the Soviet Union as being full of women wearing smart suits, conducting complicated careers and wondering, of a lonely evening, where all the strong, decent and interesting men have gone. Certainly few would have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Lovers and Laziness | 5/11/1981 | See Source »

Another especially pleasing effort for Hunt was Lucy Ashley's third place in the 400-meter hurdles. A freshman competing in this event for only the second time, she posted a time of 68.5 seconds to demolish the former Harvard school record of 70 seconds.

Author: By James S. Mcguire, | Title: Women's Track Beats B.U. To Capture GBC Crown | 4/27/1981 | See Source »

The Next Move Theater production, directed by Peter Thompson, is well-placed, insinuatingly pleasing, and most effective in the play's most difficult areas--evoking a time and a crowd of people through only two performers, and holding an audience through two hours without an intermission and without any visual...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Where Politics and Emotion Meet | 4/25/1981 | See Source »

It was lack of intensity that let Ira James get behind the Crimson defense on an inbounds pass and race down the court for a crowd-pleasing slam dunk to put Brown up, 64-57. That shot dumped the Crimson more than any other.

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Hoopsters Fall to Bruins; 73-65 Loss Ends Season | 3/9/1981 | See Source »

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