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...doing they confuse substance or skill with style. Let's face it, Laimbeer is a great basketball player--if he weren't, he wouldn't be a starting center for a two-time world champion basketball team. But because these fans don't like the way Bill Laimbeer plays the game (that is, his style), they derogate his obvious talent to play basketball (his substance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Anyone's Taking Me Seriously Is Scary" | 11/26/1991 | See Source »

...making N.B.A. basketball one of the success stories of the decade with fans across five continents. He had an appeal that earlier, more complex stars of the game such as Bill Russell and Abdul-Jabbar could never match. Even Michael Jordan, his only serious rival in stature and skill, prompted a few grumbles and questions around the league as Johnson never did. Though Johnson has become famous for his eagerness to parlay his success into a show-biz career and a $100 million business empire, he has also managed to exemplify the same winning unselfishness off court as on. Last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health It Can Happen to Anybody. Even Magic Johnson. | 11/18/1991 | See Source »

...main participants played their hands with varying degrees of skill and clumsiness last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Finally Face to Face | 11/11/1991 | See Source »

Despite an arduous schedule that had the Crimson playing three matches in three days, Harvard showed its stamina and skill this past weekend, winning the New England Championships in Worcester...

Author: By Sean Becker, | Title: Undefeated Men's Rugby Club Captures N.E. Championship | 11/1/1991 | See Source »

Polite applause, dainty stomps and restrained hoots provided appropriate punctuation for this traditional a capella program. The two groups sang with enough polish and skill to impress even the most discriminating friend, relative, love interest or club mate in the crowd...

Author: By Daniel J. Sharfstein, | Title: Cream of a Capella Society | 10/31/1991 | See Source »

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