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Marshall's fifth goal of the year broke a scoreless spell halfway through the first quarter. His outside shot from about 10 meters slipped through the entire UMass defense to put the Crimson...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Aquadudes Make Waves, 9-4 | 10/8/1988 | See Source »

...paper from the Kennedy School of Government has highlighted the essence of the problem. Our efforts have been stalled under a fragmented and directionless Reagan administration while our water difficulties have grown. The paper was researched and mainly written prior to this summer's devastating drought. However, the dry spell makes the report's message--the need for strong leadership in federal water policy--all the more timely...

Author: By Charles N.W. Keckler, | Title: Water on the Rocks | 10/8/1988 | See Source »

...week seems the impossible dream. But in Edison, N.J., such a place exists: in a corner of the Heller Industrial Park is the John Kenney Child Care Center, where 84 children, from 18 months to 5 years old, play with toys, career down slides and learn to spell and share. Says Bruce Oakley, whose daughter Laura, 4, attends the center: "This is not a place where you just dump the kid off. It's great...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: Family Ties: Day Care At the Office | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

Perfection hit its head on a diving board last week and, in a blissful spell of dizziness, thought it heard the Suriname anthem playing on the Olympic Victrola. For just a second there, a 4-ft. 11-in. Turk seemed to be lifting a 420-lb. dumbbell, the equivalent of two Olympic committeemen. A buoyant black swimmer with ordinary thighs was receiving the gold medal. South Korea was rioting in a boxing ring. The phones were working. The laundry was ready. And in the race for regal figure, Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis both came running...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winners All! | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

THIS is about as deep as the political satire gets. Noah falls under the spell of the dictator's mistress--now his mistress--Madonna Mendez (Braga), who appeals to his conscience and presses him to effect social reforms, which he does with remarkable ease and neatness. If Mazursky seems politically naive here, that is to be expected. His Moscow on the Hudson and Beverly Hills were similarly naive. They were also bittersweet comedies, in the same vein as Parador, and none of these movies aspires to anything much higher than that...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Parador Uber Alles | 9/23/1988 | See Source »

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