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...Joslin] is something else," Dooley said. "She has an unbelievable sense of the game, great anticipation, and a very highly developed skill level. She will be one of the finest athletes to ever hit this campus...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Icewomen Tear Down Terriers, 9-0; Joslin Scores Four Goals for Crimson | 12/5/1986 | See Source »

Also a varsity field hockey player, Joslin's skill on the ice was evident with her strong passing and exceptional defense The Dedham, Mass., native now leads the team with eight goals on the season, followed by junior Co-Captain Julie Sasner, who upped her total to six with a first-period score assisted by Karen Carney...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Icewomen Tear Down Terriers, 9-0; Joslin Scores Four Goals for Crimson | 12/5/1986 | See Source »

Undeniably, the author of this emotional and penetrating story is also the author of Creepshow. But King is aware of what he's done with his skill, of how he's occasionally bastardized it. As the 12-year-old narrator and his three friends approach the dead body, they begin to get scared: "We all began to nod. We knew about the night shift. I would have laughed then, though, if you had told me that one day not too many years from then I'd parlay all those childhood fears and night-sweats into about a million dollars...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Writing from the Gut | 11/25/1986 | See Source »

...Harvard path--illuminate the broadest themes of American history by covering everything. At its best, this tradition has produced Adams University Professor Bernard Bailyn's Ideological Origins of the American Revolution and Gordon Wood's The Creation of the American Republic. Those books covered an immense era with breathtaking skill. Few books on American history offer such a bravado assault on the origins of American society and do so with such consummate insight and originality...

Author: By Victoria G.T. Bassetti, | Title: The Pitfalls of Heroic History Writing | 11/24/1986 | See Source »

...Harvard path--illuminate the broadest themes of American history by covering everything. At its best, this tradition has produced Adams University Professor Bernard Bailyn's Ideological Origins of the American Revolution and Gordon Wood's The Creation of the American Republic. Those books covered an immense era with breathtaking skill. Few books on American history offer such a bravado assault on the origins of American society and do so with such consummate insight and originality...

Author: By Victoria G.T. Bassetti, | Title: Not Up To Par | 11/22/1986 | See Source »

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