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Since taking over the Crimson varsity heavyweights in 1963 when he was 28, Parker has established himself as the premier coach in the country...

Author: By Rik Geiersbach, | Title: Behind the Click, Click of the Oarlocks, He Watches... | 4/13/1990 | See Source »

...ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL. Ten days of hot music (jazz, blues, R. and B., Zydeco, gospel) and spicy food (jambalaya, crawfish pie, gumbo, red beans and rice), set in America's premier party town. Now in its 21st year, the festival will play host to some 3,000 musicians, including local artists and such international stars as B.B. King, Ramsey Lewis, Linda Ronstadt, Gary Burton, Ornette Coleman and the Crescent City's own Neville Brothers. April 27 through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Apr. 9, 1990 | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

They're not going to look to the Soviet Union because it's a failure, and even these latest announcements all indicate that the Chinese are all for economic reforms. And they're going to try to goose them up. Even ((Premier)) Li Peng ((favors that)), because I've talked to him. All the Chinese leaders, from the extreme reactionaries to the more progressive ones, are for economic reforms. Japan is an economic miracle, an economic success story. So they turn to Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview with Richard Nixon: Paying The Price | 4/2/1990 | See Source »

Together with the better-known Wu'er Kaixi, Zhai was one of the students who engaged in a heated televised "dialogue" with conservative Premier Li Peng in the days just prior to the Tiananmen crackdown. At his reappearance, Zhai claimed to be spokesman for a new group called the Cooperative Committee of the China Democratic Salvation Front. Said he: "We founded the organization to show our sense of duty to our people and to emulate the spirit of those who died in June." Composed of more than 60 fugitives, the organization has elected a chairman, a vice chairman and four...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China From Out of the Depths | 3/26/1990 | See Source »

Also noteworthy in the premier issue is a glaring quote from the page four manifesto: "Simply put, no one should come to Harvard with a firm grasp of the truth just to lose it in the quagmire of attitudes present here." In other words, Peninsula will be the voice of those poor, huddled masses of Harvard students who fear a test of faith...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: March: A Thaw Deal | 3/17/1990 | See Source »

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