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...moving across the surface in an improvised way full of checks, turnings, erasures -- a maze making itself. The nature of the line is intimately involved with the tool Marden uses, which is in effect the ailanthus twig writ large: a long-handled brush with flitchlike bristles, floppy rather than stiff, whose ramblings convey an air of reflective uncertainty. Not for Marden the forceful calligraphic rush, the electric ink- blackness, of some Zen characters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Lines That Go for a Walk | 11/4/1991 | See Source »

...Christoph offered a lucid explanation of the asymmetry in my hip that was causing muscles in my back and legs to tighten in compensation. At his recommendation, I gave up carrying my wallet in my back pocket. I returned at later dates with a banged-up shoulder and a stiff neck. Each time I left feeling improved, while politely agreeing to manage my chakras better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Excellent Alternative Adventure | 11/4/1991 | See Source »

...throw the ball," said John S. Castle '95, a quarterback on the freshman football team. "Your hands get really cold and stiff. The ball, for some reason, gets 50 times harder...

Author: By Mark L. Ruberg, | Title: Strong Storms Stymie Students | 10/31/1991 | See Source »

...winning position in a classic '80s confrontation: ruthless raider vs. responsible corporation. Larry's target of opportunity is staid, gently paternalistic New England Wire & Cable. Only one man could possibly be its CEO, and, sure enough, Gregory Peck has the job. His "Jorgy" Jorgenson is as stiff as Larry is slinky, a man who's all stature and no smarts. Luckily his longtime lover and assistant (Piper Laurie) has a daughter, Kate, who is building a career as a brilliant Wall Street lawyer. If anybody can save management...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Ruthless Raider's Romance | 10/28/1991 | See Source »

...nice stiff arm," defensive end Spencer Neumann said. "A couple of times, I thought he was down, but he got up and gained four more yards...

Author: By Dan Jacobowitz, | Title: Holy Cross 49er Runs Over Crimson | 10/7/1991 | See Source »

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