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They'll miss Krayer's smooth passing. They'll miss his productivity--in 16 games this year, Krayer recorded two goals and nine assists. They'll miss his presence on the second power play unit...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Mark My Words | 2/5/1987 | See Source »

...smooth bar of soap, wrapped neatly in a white handkerchief and tucked safely in the breast pocket of a faded leather jacket, is all that keeps George from losing himself to the streets. When he wakes each morning from his makeshift bed of newspapers in the subway tunnels of Philadelphia, he heads for the rest room of a nearby bus station or McDonald's and begins an elaborate ritual of washing off the dirt and smells of homelessness: first the hands and forearms, then the face and neck and finally the fingernails and teeth. Twice a week he takes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slow Descent into Hell | 2/2/1987 | See Source »

...Morning After is a smooth thriller. The scene in which she removes all incriminating fingerprints is a sure bet to go down in cinematic thriller history. But don't try to figure this baby out. One very slim clue is all you ever get, and as any aspiring Spencer knows, one ain't enough...

Author: By Cristina V. Coletta, | Title: Cinema Veritas | 1/23/1987 | See Source »

...Jules Breton, culminating in Courbet at his mightiest (The Studio, The Funeral at Ornans and a portrait of a trout that has more death in it than Rubens could get in a whole Crucifixion). On the right are academic idealism and romanticism, Ingres and his heirs, Delacroix and his, smooth recipes of Grecian flesh and turbulent Byronic visions of nature. Beyond Courbet on the left, you have Manet; beyond Thomas Couture on the right, there is Degas. To stand in the sculpture-avenue between them, savoring the confrontation, framed in their respective portals, of Manet's Dejeuner sur l'Herbe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Out of a Grand Ruin, a Great Museum | 12/8/1986 | See Source »

Forward Lane MacDonald, the least heralded member of last year's potent Firing Line, is steady and smooth. He skates slickly past opposing defensemen, ripping shots from all angles. Sometimes the shots soar past the bemused goalie and into the net. Sometimes the crowd--and his coach--don't know how he does...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: A Bright Pageant, On and Off the Ice | 12/6/1986 | See Source »

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