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...statements have been a little sharper this year," said Overseers President Samuel C. Butler '51 yesterday. "I wouldn't be surprised if the [statements] were sharpened because the election is being politicized...

Author: By Mark M. Colodny, | Title: Candidates' Statements Unusually Pointed | 4/29/1987 | See Source »

...hunt when Hamlet, sporting a Scandinavian accent worthy of the Muppets' Swedish chef, hops in to voice his suspicions regarding his father's untimely death. With Watson (Samuel Sifton) at his side, Holmes hardly gets to the bottom of things, but the game is afoot for the much sharper play to follow...

Author: By Jess M. Bravin, | Title: Bard-acious Comedy | 4/23/1987 | See Source »

...DINKs are rushing to graduate from K mart to Marshall Field, the U-DINKs will be deserting the Banana Republic for Abercrombie & Fitch. Because busy U-DINKs tend to miss mass-media advertising, upscale magazines and direct mail are the most effective way to target them. Kotler cites the Sharper Image, a top-of-the-line techie catalog, as defining U-DINK style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Here Come the DINKs | 4/20/1987 | See Source »

...Mike's back and sharper than ever," Harvard Coach Bob Scalise said...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Laxmen Put Crunch On Post | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

...years Sir Rudolf Bing ran a great opera house as if it were his own home. Of sharp tongue and sharper mind, Sir Rudolf tended to every detail at New York City's Metropolitan Opera -- planning the season's repertoire, hiring (and firing) conductors, checking the seamstresses as they worked on costumes. And the divas! Bing did not suffer singers gladly, and prided ) himself on his ability to control prima donnas, cajoling Montserrat Caballe or flaying Maria Callas with equally imperious vigor. In the years immediately following his retirement as general manager in 1972, Bing could still be spotted around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Lost Together in Paradise | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

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