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After all, politicians are suppose to have polish and magnetism...

Author: By John B. Trainer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kennedy School Class Day Speaker: U.S. Senator Harris L. Wofford | 6/3/1992 | See Source »

...quick look around the dining hall makes it clear who is eating the bulk of that food. Carol Finn, Dunster's assistant to the masters, says that the tutors manage to polish off their allotted meals quite well...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: On the Harvard Dole | 6/2/1992 | See Source »

...Chicagoans will be unhappy to see one of their favorite paintings in the Art Institute, the cat-eyed, Balthus-like Young Woman at an Open Half- Door, signed "Rembrandt f. 1645," being given to Hoogstraten. And hell may freeze over before everyone accepts the revisionist view that the sublime Polish Rider, in New York City's Frick Collection, is really by "Rembrandt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Really Rembrandt? | 5/25/1992 | See Source »

...BOTTOM LINE: An unashamedly old-fashioned, optimistic tale, told with charm and polish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To The Rescue | 5/18/1992 | See Source »

...unabashed political concern. Second, it tackles issues with more complexity than is found in most musicals. Third, it is unashamedly old-fashioned -- talky, story-driven, folksy and optimistic. What one can't foretell is that mostly obscure creators and cast can achieve a show of such charm and polish, so heartstring-tugging and hugely likable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To The Rescue | 5/18/1992 | See Source »

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