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Williams has spotted a few raccoons skulking in the shadows at night, and he has the usual population of gray squirrels that scamper between the lawn and Lafayette Park across Pennsylvania Avenue. How they survive the traffic is another of summer's miracles. Apparently the garter snakes have not. Williams used to find a few of the friendly fellows around the place, but no more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Warblers, Lemonade and Surf | 8/14/1978 | See Source »

...runs, and typify the way the Tigers almost secretly dominated the game. But run it over in your mind a couple of times and you'll realize that rarely did Isom get stopped for anything less than five or six yards. There was no Tony Dorsett 70 yard touchdown scamper. It was just hard, steady work...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: H-e-e-e-e-e-e-ere's Bobby! | 10/24/1977 | See Source »

...have progressed. Its San Diego-based skipper, Lowell North, 47, suffered from lack of experience in Atlantic waters during the June matchups. An expensive -and unsuccessful-experiment with new sailcloth cost North additional precious tune. Poor crew coordination and tactical blunders-committed as North turned over the helm to scamper about the deck fiddling with fittings and adjusting the rigging and sails-worsened matters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Mouth of the South' at the Helm | 8/8/1977 | See Source »

...movement of the sea of minor characters is much more skillful than their acting. The cherub's voice cracks and the angels' shrieks are irritatingly devoid of feeling, but they scamper and perch insolently and daringly on the tiered balcony of their Kingdom. The court scenes are a frenzied brew of comic motion, alternating between medieval Italian dance, bouts of wrestling and the Comedian Dell'Arte's pantomime. Among all the dancers the devil's mute partner, Salme (Charlotte Spanos), stands out. Her sinuous form oozes gratuitous corruption. Pulcinello's (Kevin Grumbach) mime effortlessly steals the show for awhile. Even...

Author: By Anemona Hartocollis, | Title: Lovesick | 5/7/1976 | See Source »

...author's long hours spent on the water, hauling heavy "drudges" and sorting crabs as they scamper across a pitching deck have fostered a deep affection for the stoic, whimsical fisher folk. That feeling shines through Warner's retelling of Jaws-style crises spawned at "liar's bench" on the dock at Crisfield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Of Crabs and Men | 3/29/1976 | See Source »

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