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...long and slender fingers that could belong to a master concert pianist. But Michael D. Lewis '93 uses his prized digits to work their magic on a different instrument--the typewriter...

Author: By Seamus C. Gallagher, | Title: Fast Fingers Help Typing Whiz | 3/6/1990 | See Source »

...description on the Harvard police sketch describes the man slightly differently. In that description, the suspect is listed as over six feet tall, in his late 20s or early 30s with a slender build. The sketch shows a man with a mustache but no beard...

Author: By Joshua A. Gerstein, | Title: Man Shown Mugs in Sci. Ctr. Rape Case | 3/5/1990 | See Source »

...laughed and nodded, occasionally making a small hand gesture, but their voices were inaudible from our table. Then she would dance off again, pausing by the speakers to unload her g-string tips. Unlike most of the dancers who had mascaraed eyes and sun-bed glossy skin, Phoenix was slender and pale. I worried about her tendons, wincing when she threw her head towards her knees, snapping into the full rear-view stance...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: PHOENIX | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

...looked wonderful. My first love looked wonderful with her hair up, slender neck exposed. Phoenix danced away, pulling it low over her eyes; Marlene Dietriech. I never brought myself to give any of the dancers a tip, but I hoped that the Snufkin hat was helping Phoenix inspire some generosity around the stage. I told her she could keep it for the rest of her shift...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: PHOENIX | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

...noncommunist world -- and one of the sickest. Under President Jose Sarney, who took office in 1985, it has run up the Third World's largest foreign debt ($110 billion), is being choked by bureaucracy and is mired in hyperinflation. Collor's credentials for curing those woes are slender: he served only one term in the National Congress, and the sleepy northeastern state he governed, Alagoas, has only 2.3 million people. Last week, however, Collor exuded confidence. "The problems of Brazil cannot be solved by a party or a small group of people," he declared, adding that he would seek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil Putting His Best Foot Forward | 1/1/1990 | See Source »

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