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...parent knows that few pleasures match the sight of a child who's flushed and beaming after a romp on a stretch of turf. Travel teams in particular can do much to melt away the inhibitions between parents and their teens. "On about the seventh hour of a road trip from western Pennsylvania," says lawyer Robert Luskin of Washington, "you tend to hear things you wouldn't otherwise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside The Crazy Culture Of Kids Sports | 7/12/1999 | See Source »

...nine years at the post, Tomassoni amassed a 140-115-26 record (106-70-22 ECAC, 51-27-12 Ivy) and earned a pair of NCAA berths, in 1993 and 1994. Under his tutelage, Harvard was a national powerhouse in the early 1990s. The romp included three ECAC regular season titles (1992, 1993, 1994), one playoff crown (1994) and the 1993 Beanpot championship...

Author: By Michael R. Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: After 17 Seasons, Tomassoni Resigns | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

...sack on fourth down with 38 seconds left, the game was blown over, and the teams headed into the locker room. The seniors, now a little tired (9 a.m. is pretty early to start boozing, after all), picked up their mess and got on the field for one last romp. Their run was over...

Author: By Bryan Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BLee-ve It! | 5/10/1999 | See Source »

...named Tintin and his cockerspaniel, Snowy. No need to stop the presses--it's only the premise for Destination Moon (1959), a Sputnik-era comic book by the Belgian illustrator Herge. Tintin and his two human companions, Captain Haddock and Professor Calculus, eventually touch the surface of the moon, romp about in orange space suits and endure who-knows-how-many plots to steal the spacecraft. While the plot summary may sound like standard comic book fare, the genius is in the details. In his evocation of crackpot Balkan generals, shady military organizations and political doublespeak, Herge created a fictional...

Author: By Joshua Derman, | Title: Endpaper: Tintin | 5/6/1999 | See Source »

...fear, dear readers, Hollywood is near! During the next few months over 100 new movies will be released, the most anticipated of which is that one about the Force or something. From Michelle Pfeiffer's charming Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream to Nicole and Tom's romp-arama in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, upcoming films cover a range of genres. Austin Powers is more shagadelic than ever. Adam Sandler plays--surprise!--another doof. Julia Roberts fans will want to catch her first in Notting Hill opposite Hugh Grant, then in Runaway Bride with Richard Gere...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SUMMER 1999 | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

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