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...together--playing, carousing, even arguing -- even their camaraderie does not escape the contrived manipulations of the film. Why does Kay finally decide to go out with Lucky after she's turned him down every week for the last month? Her awkward explanation. "You know I think you're really swell" is hardly a sufficient clue. Was her initial reluctance coy, or indicative of some inner moral turmoil...

Author: By Rachel H. Inker, | Title: Backswing | 4/20/1984 | See Source »

...substituted for Thomas Derrah on opening night, spends most of the play gazing stupidly at his even stupider girlfriend Lorraine (Maggie Topkis): both play their roles with a frighteningly convincing ditziness. Topkins swills beers and chomps on gum picked off the floor as she sends out for pizza to swell her already-ample girth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Vegetable Garden | 4/10/1984 | See Source »

Such deductible investments have become a headache for the Internal Revenue Service. In all, they represent investments of an estimated $50 billion and can cost the Government billions of dollars annually in uncollected revenue. They help swell the federal deficit, enrich tax lawyers and arouse the ire and envy of less-well-to-do taxpayers. Asked what his four biggest problems are, Roscoe L. Egger Jr., commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, is fond of saying, "Tax shelters, tax shelters, tax shelters and tax shelters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Of Windmills, Cattle and Form 1040 | 3/19/1984 | See Source »

...USInternational 24.6 8. Johnson, Grambling 24.5 8. Cag. San Diego St. 24.5 10. Wood, Fullerton 24.4 11. Burtt, Iona 24.0 12. Jackson, Centenary 23.7 13. Graves, Yale 23.4 14. Gervin, Texas, SA 23.2 15. Mullin, St. John's 22.9 16. McClain, UNH 22.8 17. Stevens, Iowa, St. 22.6 18. Swell, Lamar 22.3 19. Yates, George Mason 22.0 19. McRoberts, Butler 22.0 19. Carrabino, Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NCAA Division I | 3/9/1984 | See Source »

...USInternational 24.6 8. Johnson, Grambling 24.5 8. Cag, San Diego St 24.5 10. Wood, Fullerton 24.4 11. Burtt, Iona 24.0 12. Jackson, Centenary 23.7 13. Graves, Yale 23.4 14. Gervin, Texas, SA 23.2 15. Mullin, St John's 22.9 16. McClain, UNH 22.8 17. Stevens, Iowa St 22.6 18. Swell, Lamar 22.3 19. Yates, George Mason 22.0 19. McRoberts, Butler 22.0 19. Carrabina, Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Carrabino Ranks Fourth From Line, 19th in Scoring | 3/8/1984 | See Source »

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