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Forget about Charles and his Shy Di. The true royal tandem this summer is a prince-frog named Kermit and his porcine treasure, Miss Piggy. In their sequel to The Muppet Movie, Jim Henson's Dynel delights are out to retrieve the fabulous Baseball Diamond and bring to justice the swine-oops, dastard-who stole it. Caper never lives up to Kermit's early promise: "Boy, I wish I were you people seeing this picture for the first time." Fozzie Bear, Animal, Gonzo and the rest are more at home subverting the rigid formulas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Rushes: Jul. 6, 1981 | 7/6/1981 | See Source »

Against UMass, the sophomore tandem accounted for all nine of the Crimson's goals in a game that saw Harvard jump out to a quick 5-0 lead...

Author: By John Beilenson, | Title: Laxwomen Win Eastern Championships | 5/4/1981 | See Source »

...basic 707, strengthened it and replaced its four engines with more powerful jets. The plane's crucial external modification is the revolving radar disc, the 6-ft.-thick aluminum and fiberglass rotodome attached to the fuselage by two 11-ft. pylons. The radar was designed to work in tandem with an onboard high-speed computer, and its data is displayed on nine or more separate consoles inside the plane. It is this computer phalanx, with a program that can be amended in flight, that makes the AWACS a surpassingly powerful military tool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All-Seeing Airborne Base | 5/4/1981 | See Source »

Mark Lupke, as Seargeant Match, sent to find the now-missing tandem of Miss Barclay and Beckett, plays the Law with a straight man elegance that Buster Keaton might have envied. Keith Rogal portrays Dr. Rance with a maniacal energy, but lets loose in the final scene. Ted Chandler's Nicholas Beckett is flat at first, seemingly bored with the placidity of his first appearance in contrast to his later shenanigans. As the plot unfolds, he becomes more at case with his part, taking the caricature of Beckett to the limit...

Author: By Laura K. Jereski, | Title: The Butler Does It--Well | 4/28/1981 | See Source »

Harvard also fared well at doubles in the first division. The Crimson tandem of Pe and Martha Roberts got revenge in the semis against a Yale team to whom they had lost a week ago, but then dropped a tough three-set match to Princeton's undefeated duo of Cummings and Tamayo...

Author: By Marcol L. Quazzo, | Title: Netwomen Third at Ivies; Bougas Cops Singles Title | 4/27/1981 | See Source »

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