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...game--the South African issue can be seen as merely intellectual discussion. However, for us as Blacks, this is our lives. The racism in South Africa is of the same mold of the racism we face here everyday and the Conservative Club's inviting him here is a slap in our face.: Shannah P. Braxton Co-President, BSA Wendi Grantham Chair, BSA Political Action Committee Kyra Armstrong Secretary, BSA Political Action Committee

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Time Out for Racism' | 3/25/1987 | See Source »

...corpses in the attic and the bedroom, the glass of milk from Suspicion and the severed finger from The 39 Steps. Penn, who could direct this stuff in his sleep, hasn't. The director of Bonnie and Clyde and the Broadway thriller Wait Until Dark still knows how to slap a scene to life. In the triple role of a dead woman, her scheming sister and the plucky gal who must literally act to save her own life, Steenburgen finds a few shadings in each caricature. But the script (by Marc Shmuger and Mark Malone) begins with intrigue, caroms into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Ghost of Alfred Hitchcock | 2/16/1987 | See Source »

...looked to have the contest sealed in regulation time, carrying a 3-2 margin into the final minutes of play. But at the 19:00 mark of the third period, N.U.'s Dave O'Brien launched a wicked slap shot from the right point which deflected off right point which deflected off Terrier netminder Terry Taillefer's stick and into the corner of the goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B.U. Cops 'Pot Crown | 2/10/1987 | See Source »

...Grange (pop. 3,768) is clucking over plans by Houston Contractor Todd Hoffman to erect a museum on the site and hold a "Chicken Fest," featuring big-name entertainers and a barbecue cookoff with a $40,000 first prize. Mayor Charlie Jungmichel has called Hoffman's proposal a "slap in the face to the people of our county. I think our morals are better than that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texas: A Piece of The Old West | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

...private firms. Most important, by leading his country into the European Community, Gonzalez has opened large new markets for Spain's companies. One unfortunate side effect -- for the U.S., at least -- is that E.C. rules require Spain to boost its tariffs on American grain. The U.S. has threatened to slap a 200% punitive tariff on such European products as Gouda cheese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Look Out for the Spanish Bulls | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

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