Word: sharpness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sharp smells of fresh pasteles (pastry) and café cubano waft from a hundred neighborhood coffee stands. Youngsters are everywhere, downing batidos (exotic fruit milkshakes) at open-air counters or putting away Grandes Macs at the McDonald's eatery on Flagler Street. This is Little Havana, a 5-sq.-mi. Cuban enclave in the middle of Miami...
...diver of little note). More on the mark, though, are those who note that along with Henry's non-paying new job came several options to buy into NASL franchises, which are among the fastest-growing investments in the country. Henry is a good sport and a sharp...
...Mary, which opens Saturday, is strong on the verbal wit. Written by Jean Kerr, author of Please Don't Eat the Daisies and wife to critic Walter Kerr, the comedy made a star of Barbara Bel Geddes in the fifties. Admittedly a bit slow in spots, Mary contains many sharp lines: "That's what I hate about intellectuals--they're all so dumb!" is a good one to throw at pompous TA's. At the Actors Workshop Theater; call 266-6840 for the usual info. and ask about the student rate...
...second half started slowly. For several minutes the Jeffs fought gallantly to get back into the game. Again it was the Crimson fullbacks, particularly vet rans Langton and John Sanacore, who turned the momentum back in Harvard's favor with tenacious defense and sharp, counter-attacking passes...
Studies by such groups as the World Health Organization and the World Bank have noted a sharp drop in the peak age of child malnutrition in these areas as a result of the "alarming" decrease in breastfeeding in the past two decades. Babies are now commonly suffering from the deadly combination of malnutrition and diarrhea--often caused by bacteria-infested, diluted or ill-prepared formula--as early as three to six months after birth. In light of the fact that the critical period for brain development is the first two years of life, this situation is indeed tragic...