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...next night, Harvard squared off with Long Beach State. The 49ers are representative of another time-honored California breed: The Poser. (Usually seen holding a skate board or a surf board.) They look great. They talk a big game. But they are not very good...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: B-ball California-Style: A Different Kind of Game | 1/4/1990 | See Source »

When the flash came from Washington that the Wall was going up, the Army major on duty became so agitated that he walked into the surf in full uniform ! to deliver the bulletin to Brigadier General Chester Clifton, the President's military aide, who was swimming just offshore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Present at the Construction | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

...certainties vanish. The earth liquefies. It becomes as wild as surf. The solid is abruptly fluid. Normally, earth is the refuge, the stability, the foundation of things. The earth should be alive only to grow vegetables and flowers. Now the earth itself becomes a beast, all teeth and gashes and sudden topplings. Reality has turned molten and violent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: When the Earth Cracks Open | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

...said several cities were unable to accommodate yesterday's rain date, which was declared "because of the threat of [Hurricane] Hugo and the predictions of torrential rains and possible lightening, heavy winds and surf...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clean-Up Bags Tons of Debris | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

...first, you hear only a rhythmic clattering, like conch shells clicking in the gentle surf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Jersey Shoreline | 8/21/1989 | See Source »

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