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Like Harpo, Gerald Hiken as Strider trots out a herd of hilarious facial contortions as he narrates his own sad story. Born a piebald--spotted with two colors--Strider can outrace but not outgrace his rival, Darling the stallion, who leaps and pirouettes with Baryshnikov's physical elegance. Strider loses...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: At Loose Ends? Get Out | 12/12/1979 | See Source »

Rob Burns had just been called for charging when the hustling Tom Murray latched onto the puck deep in the UNH zone. He played catch with defenseman Mitch Olson at the point, then spotted Dave Brook all alone in the slot. The sophomore center calmly banked in a shot off...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Icemen Stun UNH Wildcats, 4-1 | 12/12/1979 | See Source »

The dessert was probably never served. Sometime after 2 p.m., when radio contact with the aircraft was lost, the three-engine jet rammed into the snow covered side of Mount Erebus and exploded. Nine hours later, search aircraft from the nearby U.S. airbase at McMurdo Sound spotted the wreckage strewn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTERS: Tour to a Snowy Death | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

He scraped up a little money by buying small lots in Gulfport, Miss. Then he went to New Orleans, the main chance. While the International Trade Mart was under construction, he marched up all 26 stories to the top. "That walk up was the toughest work I ever did. Rough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Outsider Makes it Big | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

Even before the opening credits, Jessica (Bergen) has kicked hubby Phil Potter out of their New York apartment and begun to sing. She sings like a gelded Al Jolson. Potter, a writer, ("my stuff is in those airplane magazines right behind the barf bags") escapes to Cambridge. Potter is believable...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: One Sings, the Other Two Don't | 10/31/1979 | See Source »

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