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...Hate to spoil all the fun, Mr. Bok, but to tell the truth, this is not really the occasion of your school's 350th year of existence...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, THE CRIMSON STAFF | Title: Of Postage Stamps, Old Porters And the Wrong Anniversary | 9/4/1986 | See Source »

...worst industrial accident may have been the result of a deliberate act. Last week the company went further, declaring that their pretrial investigation was focused on a disgruntled employee. According to an earlier report in the London Times, the employee, an Indian citizen, might have been trying to spoil a batch of the chemical after a row with his supervisor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lawsuits: A Small Whiff of Sabotage | 8/25/1986 | See Source »

...piece, earning a tumultuous ovation from the audience and hugs and kisses from Bernstein and her two lenders. "It was really going for me by then," she said by way of explaining the three-fiddle feat."I really like the work, and I didn't want to stop and spoil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 11, 1986 | 8/11/1986 | See Source »

...island, Jack befriends the locals and patronizes their hangout, a reggae bar, owned by a free spirit named Ernest. It just so happens that Ernest's bar also has the best beachfront on the island. And Ernest won't sell to the evil businessmen who want to spoil the island to satisfy their capitalist dream...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Paradise Lost | 7/22/1986 | See Source »

...populist surface. Such is Rivera at his best, but even at his worst the man's kitsch and bad taste have an orotund wholeheartedness that seems endearing. His mock-surrealist landscapes of the 1940s, together with some of his more contrived social portraits, are rubbish, but they do not spoil the cumulative effect of the show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Tintoretto of the Peons | 6/9/1986 | See Source »

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