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...offense was working a lot smoother today," Duncan said, "and they usually had someone shorter on me so that I was getting open for the jumper...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: W. Cagers Nip Elis | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

...Dukakis's own public service career, Harvard has played and will continue to play an important role. Coming between his unsuccessful first term as governor and a far smoother period as the state's chief executive after 1982, Dukakis's tenure at the Kennedy School was a critical period in his political development...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Making the Spirit of Massachusetts Fit the Spirit of America | 6/10/1987 | See Source »

Elsewhere in Europe last week, Israeli diplomacy had a smoother ride. Setting another precedent, President Chaim Herzog became the first Israeli head of state to visit West Germany. At the site of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, which he helped liberate in 1945 as an officer in the British army, Herzog said, "I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are the dead. The living have no right to forget." Despite the agonizing memories, Herzog hailed West Germany as "one of our closest friends." That was more than mere rhetoric. Today the Federal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel Sagging Spirits | 4/20/1987 | See Source »

...ergs have the same difficulty as the old ones but as the stroking is smoother, it feels easier over all," said captain of the crew team Steven W. Wayne...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Men's Crew Team Buys 12 Ergs, Sells Old Ones | 1/28/1987 | See Source »

Director John Carpenter (Halloween, Starman) propels things faster, and way smoother, than a speeding '40s serial. But Co-Screenwriter W.D. Richter, who directed the definitive smarty-pants action picture, Buckaroo Banzai, is the evil genius behind Little China. He has everybody talking as if time-warped in some poverty-row thriller. "My destiny rests in your capable hands," the engaging Dun tells Russell, who is trying to be Harrison Ford trying to be John Wayne trying to be the Surly American. Everything else in the film is at the same three removes from reality. Little China offers dollops of entertainment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Everything New Is Old Again | 7/14/1986 | See Source »

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