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Students did not fill Bright Arena last night to watch the Crimson stickmen pump goals into an opposing net but to watch Elvis Costello "Pump...
...rarely make it to the screen, for a simple reason: the significant action has occurred a dozen years before, so the entire plot must be exposition pocked with explosions of violence. Parker, an itchy director (Midnight Express, Fame) with a bang-on sense of textbook timing, occasionally tries to pump up his flashback talkathon with chase scenes that distract from the film's mood. But he has located a chic, grim style for the story. Garish, ominous colors flash vividly across his monochrome palette. The streets keep sweating rain, and clouds loom over the bayou like threats written in cigar...
...double-pump jumper from the foul line to vault...
...decision was a blow to runner-up Houston, which was desperate for the $50 million that the convention would pump into its depressed economy. Although Houston's planned new convention center will have a greater capacity than Atlanta's 17,000-seat Omni Arena, Kirk was worried that the new facility might not be ready in time. Democrats were also unperturbed by the Texans' arguments that an Atlanta convention will inevitably feature an appearance by former President Jimmy Carter. Since Iranscam, chortled one party insider, "Ronald Reagan is doing a great job of making Carter look good...
...would like to correct the inaccurate and misleading information that appeared in the January 16th story "Plan to Restore Yard Pump Progresses." The page one story said that Radcliffe President Matina S. Horner "forgot to check with the Cambridge Historical Commission" before presenting Harvard President Derek Bok with a plan to restore the pump as a 350th birthday gift to the college. In fact, Radcliffe officials have been in continuous contact with the Cambridge Historical Commision since last August when a preliminary design was presented to members during an informal meeting. Questions that arose during that meeting prompted the designers...