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Union set the tone quickly in the opening session, hitting hard, often and early. Harvard responded in kind, foresaking their usual swift, crisp style for the sloppy, bruising game of the Skating Dutchmen...

Author: By Ted G. Rose and Jay K. Varma, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSONS | Title: Icemen Barely Escape From New York, 7-5 | 11/16/1991 | See Source »

...whole system and start over. Investing $80 billion between 1975 and 1990, France . Telecom now claims the world's most digitized switching system, meaning that 75% of the lines use digitally transmitted signals for crisper connections. A telephone can be installed in a matter of days, dialing is swift, lines are clear. Public telephones are everywhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ambitions on A Grand Scale | 7/22/1991 | See Source »

...curious and somewhat ironic commentary on high government that the designated roughnecks like Adams and Sununu often end up as victims of the terrible swift sword that they loved to wield so much. Adams by all accounts enjoyed laying about in righteous fervor in the name of national interest. And Sununu relished summoning the hapless Secretary of Education Lauro Cavazos to his office and giving him the heave-ho for the greater glory of Bush, who stayed away from the execution. Perhaps the power these men are given breeds in some ways the arrogance that leads them into trouble. There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Why Bush Has Trouble Firing Sununu | 7/8/1991 | See Source »

Since Robin Hood will start to break even when its booty reaches $80 million, the movie is likely to provide ample profits to finance Morgan Creek's eight other movies in various stages of production. Robinson, 56, attributes his success to swift decision making and the fact that his own money is on the line. He has invested about $80 million in Morgan Creek and has attracted $200 million from outside investors. "If studio executives lost 25% of their own money on a film," he says, "they'd make better movies." Robinson spent only 20 hours considering whether...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood From Subarus to Celluloid | 7/1/1991 | See Source »

...confirmed death toll was only six in the first few days, thanks to advance warnings and speedy evacuations. But great dangers remained. Fearing bigger explosions, officials ordered tens of thousands evacuated. An approaching typhoon, moreover, threatened to send destructive mudslides down the mountain. Whatever happens, the swift action by the government reflected the improving ability of scientists to monitor volcanic activity and identify the telltale events that presage eruptions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Makes Them Blow | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

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