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Young, But Not Restless: The sophomores refuse to loosen their hold on the Harvard scoring leader list, with the frontfield trio of David Kramer, Derek Mills and Nick D'Onofrio pacing the team. Kramer's tally against UMass Wednesday gives him nine goals and two assists for 20 points. Racing from behind is Mills--last year's leading scorer--with six goals and one assist (13 points) and D'Onofrio...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Booters Favored for NCAA Tournament Bid | 11/6/1987 | See Source »

...than 80,000 donations. Ringed by stone benches and cascading fountains, the plaza depicts a map of the world and its oceans in two-tone, inlaid granite. At one edge stands a bronze statue of a pea-coated sailor, a stark tribute that captures the loneliness of the vast, restless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Washington: A Salute to The Sailors | 10/26/1987 | See Source »

...what she wanted"; "She mistreated everyone around her and finally was done in." A strange figure begins to emerge from the mists. From childhood on, Mowat observes, the coltish, willful Californian was beset with resentments toward the father who deserted his family when she was six. Spiritually restless, she converted to Roman Catholicism, then abandoned the faith. Her social relations were equally unstable. She was involved in many liaisons and underwent an abortion, but no man held her interest for long. Fossey's career was given the best possible start when Paleontologist Louis Leakey signed her on as his research...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Misanthrope Woman in the Mists | 10/26/1987 | See Source »

...skeleton of the original is still recognizable in Prascak's version. The plot is basically the same: Peerless Gynt, a young dreamer-adventurer, spends his life in restless self-imposed exile from his one true love, the everpure Solveig. During his travels, a plethora of temptresses, trolls, lunatics, and other fanciful creatures test his wits, his consciousness, and his sense of identity...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Ibsen Afloat | 10/23/1987 | See Source »

...watching. He may also find that his fondness for vignettes ("Remember when Aunt Bea got squiffed and vamped the delivery boy?") undercuts the dramatic imperative to hold the anonymous viewer's attention. Private lives don't always play in public. Grandpa's % ripping yarn is a stranger's restless yawn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: War Dreams HOPE AND GLORY | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

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