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...life with a plausible plot and authentic detail. Stationed in the U.S.S.R., journalist Colin Burke discovers that the nation's leading reformer has suffered a stroke. Hard-liners plan a takeover, and part of the plan is framing the American on trumped-up charges before he can spill his scoop. Meantime, a Soviet actress is also trying to go West. Cullen's chilling portrait of Soviet society in flux is an ideal antidote for 90 degrees weather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Summer Reading | 7/2/1990 | See Source »

Once upon a time, the building at 15 Dunster St. was a bank. Today, people drink milkshakes in what was once the vault, and teenaged scoop jockeys dole out mint chocolate chip where tellers once doled out cash...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: For Ice Cream, Herrell's Takes the Cake | 6/25/1990 | See Source »

...arrests, not weddings and school recitals. But kids take to the streets primarily because it's "good crack" -- Irish slang for fun. To the kids, throwing stones and bottles is a game, an illegal act sanctioned by adults, and the best release from boredom. Six-year-olds will scoop up a stone and hurl it at a passing police van as smoothly as a beachcomber skips stones across the waves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Northern Ireland: Death After School | 6/18/1990 | See Source »

Originally slated to be announced yesterday, Bok said that he moved his official announcement up almost a full week to prevent unexpected leaks from turning into a scoop for The New York Times...

Author: By Tara A. Nayak, | Title: How Harvard Squelched An Almost-Scoop on Bok | 6/5/1990 | See Source »

...Hayes, whose escape from Harvard eventually led him to scoop ice cream for proprietor Steve, "a good fellow," says "good people" brought him back to Harvard...

Author: By Jean Gauvin, | Title: They Never Left the Harvard Nest | 6/4/1990 | See Source »

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