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...even then." Her Method is a kind of controlled madness. For her, each new film is a fairy tale she can believe in; she is the sleeping beauty, and her director is the prince whose talent and passion will convince her of the dream's reality. To cast a spell she must fall under his spell. Then they can become the hero and heroine of their own film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Sensual Child Comes of Age | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

First it was in the "off" mode, going scoreless for the first 16:32. Later the Crimson reversed that, keeping the Minutemen off the scoreboard during a 19:16 stretch. And then it was Harvard's turn again, as it hit a 15:06 dry spell...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: Crimson Down UMass Laxmen, 8-7; Pendergast Stops Minutemen in Fourth | 4/28/1983 | See Source »

...that point the Harvard offense hit its dry spell and Doe, a senior midfielder, went to work on the Harvard defense, scoring four consecutive goals. With the gap narrowed to 5-2, halftime failed to slow the one-man attack. Barely two minutes into the second half, he carried from midfield and scored again. The most spectacular effort in his streak came 11 minutes later, when Doe faked out one defender, slipped between two more and shot past goalie Tim Pendergast to make...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: Laxmen Outlast Wildcats For Second Victory, 8-7 | 4/14/1983 | See Source »

Foul ball and game called on account of unforgivable error. If you recheck carefully enough, you'll find that Harvard grad Pete Varney played for a brief spell with the Chicago White...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Quizmaster | 4/12/1983 | See Source »

...cocaine's spell is by no means confined to the obviously troubled or the weak-willed. Free-basing in particular, says Harvard Psychiatry Professor Dr. Lester Grinspoon, "powerfully fastens itself on people." Elizabeth, 33, a Chicago hair stylist, had occasionally sniffed coke for a decade. In the fall of 1981, she tried free-basing and was soon spending whole days with her pipe. "Once I started that, all I wanted was more and more," she says, her voice still full of amazement at her fling. "That's what puzzles me. I'm the type of person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crashing on Cocaine | 4/11/1983 | See Source »

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