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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Pacula is lean and quick; there is a tough, tensile quality about her-not the invulnerability of an enchanted child, but the eerie confidence of the very strong. Polanski, in Paris, talked of her "great acting talent and her tremendous will," and then added that "as we Poles say, 'She does not pour vodka behind her collar.' " This, he explained, means not that she swills alcohol, but that she throws herself fearlessly at life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: A Gamine Is Exiled To Gorky Park | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

Cliff Cole, '84, a spokesman for the Southern Africa Solidarity Committee, praised the new plan yesterday but added. "It's important that it be carried into next year because we can't expect a quick solution. "Show said his group may continue the fasts next semester, but has not yet voted...

Author: By Holly A. Idelson, | Title: BSA Will Continue Fasts for Divestiture | 4/29/1983 | See Source »

...Anderson's assistant for 10 years, recalls the regular mistakes and embarassments which inevitably came with the job: flags flown upside-down, wallets stolen in Widener, $45 taxi rides, missed appointments, and three or four sicknesses each year--including one ambassador who had a heart attack. But Neal is quick to point out Bill Anderson's "unflappable" manner which kept the receiving line moving...

Author: By Meredith E. Greene, | Title: Concierge of Harvard Yard | 4/29/1983 | See Source »

Grossman played Brown's John Hare and thrilled the crowds that had turned out for the dedication ceremonies. While stroking firmly from the back court, he also made some quick moves to the net that surprised the frustrated Hare While Grossman wasn't particularly showy with his shoots, he made few mistakes, and forced Hare to fall into trap after trap, hitting the ball away from where Hare seemed to expect it Grossman went aggressively to net when the Bruin was unprepared, and, seeming a bit flustered. Hare often hit the ball low in to the net Grossman was playing...

Author: By Carla D. Williams, | Title: Crimson Netmen Brutalize Bruins, 7-2 On Newly Dedicated Beren Courts | 4/25/1983 | See Source »

Harvard played its hosts to an even second quarter, leaving the Tigers with a 6-4 halftime lead. In the first few seconds of the second half, freshman attackman Chris Pujols scored one of his three goals on the afternoon to bring Harvard within one. But two quick Princeton goals made...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: Laxmen's Modest Streak Ends In 13-9 Defeat at Princeton | 4/25/1983 | See Source »

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