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...shows have opened this month at Harvard to tempt the Cambridge area art connoisseur. "Pioneers of Modern Sculpture" appears at the Fogg Museum, and "Designs For Living: Symbolic Communication in African Art." is on view at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts...

Author: By Mary K. Warren, | Title: Art Exhibitions Begin at Fogg and Carpenter | 11/30/1982 | See Source »

Clearly, a short break will not tempt the Harvard superstar to abandon the craft she has perfected since childhood. She recounted her introduction to the game: "My brother played lacrosse in high school One day he put a stick in my hand and started winging balls at me I had nothing to do but catch them if I wanted to stay alive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Francesca DenHartog | 10/14/1982 | See Source »

...states have already passed resolutions calling for a constitutional convention to draft a balanced-budget amendment. Indeed, one reason for the push to get an amendment through Congress is to head off a convention, which many politicians fear could not be limited to that one subject, but would at tempt to change the Constitution in many other, perhaps radical, ways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Balancing the Budget by Decree | 7/26/1982 | See Source »

...MERCURY climbs into the nineties and the percentage of relative humidity follows closely behind, sunbathing quickly loses its charms. In both Boston and Cambridge, theaters offer wonderfully air-conditioned alternatives to Charles Bank Beach, and under some circumstances, even another showing of Shampoo at the Harvard Square will tempt the heat stricken. Luckily, for those who refuse to sacrifice quality for comfort, the Harvard Radcliffe, Summer Theater exists. Its current production of Henrik Ibsen's The Pillars of Society rapidly captivates and carries sweltering. Cantabrigians to where the heat arises from social pressure, and the sweat from fear...

Author: By Clea Simon, | Title: Cool Ibsen at the Loeb | 7/20/1982 | See Source »

...producers of Annie have engineered a powerful media blitz to herald their lavish if lead-souled musical. Tron, a futuristic melodrama set inside a video game, hopes to lure the addicts of the arcades back to moviehouses. New versions of Rocky, Grease, Star Trek and The Thing will tempt old adherents. The Road Warrior and Blade Runner will offer up eye-catching punk-rock apocalypses. Robin Williams will attempt to enter The World According to Garp. Clint Eastwood and Woody Allen have new movies, and Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton will sing and dance their way through The Best Little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Steve's Summer Magic | 5/31/1982 | See Source »

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