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Katsias's kick save denied Brown forward Katherine Wilder with 34 minutes remaining. Several more brilliant saves by the Crimson goalkeeper and tough defense led by Tri-Captain Jane Grim kept Brown scoreless until Wiley broke Harvard's defensive spell at the 16:27 mark...

Author: By Mike Stankiewicz, SPECIAL OF THE CRIMSON | Title: Brown Floors Flat Stickwomen | 10/31/1987 | See Source »

...libretto alternates between two analogous fleshly rites: the orgiastic reception by female fans accorded to Dion (Obba Babatunde), a Presley symbol, and the lustful revels of the mythic Bacchae in praise of their priapic god, Dionysus. Each principal singer takes two roles. Mom (Suzanne Costallos) falls under the Pelvis' spell, just as her ancient Greek counterpart, Agave, is seduced by Dionysus. When Sonny (Christopher Durham) attempts to intervene, he is, in his alter ego of Pentheus, torn apart by the horde of crazed women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Elvis Meets the Bacchae In Philadelphia, two new musicals - or are they really operas? | 10/26/1987 | See Source »

...Reagan Administration prudently held its fire as U.S. officials debated the options. Secretary of State George Shultz, on a swing through the Middle East before arriving in Moscow this week, refused to spell out what the response might be. But he advised reporters, "When we have decided to take action, and have taken it, you'll know what it is." Shultz said the missile assault was less of a challenge to U.S. power than it first seemed, since the Sea Isle City was in Kuwaiti waters and thus beyond the jurisdiction of the U.S. fleet when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf Silkworm's Sting | 10/26/1987 | See Source »

Rarely can one or two steps spell the difference between the game-breaking score and the game-saving tackle...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: Hinz's Run Worth the Wait | 10/20/1987 | See Source »

Falk's lilting voice enchants the audience as well as the young invalid. But the boy breaks the spell of the yarn with his constant protestations at every realistic turn of the plot. Grandpa, therefore, has to improvise and make the fairy tale more acceptably fanciful...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Refried Bride | 10/16/1987 | See Source »

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