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Princeton's Discipline Committee last spring sentenced the two men, whose names have not been released, to suspensions of unknown durations. But this fail, after the men appealed their sentences to President William G. Bowen, their sentences for the April incident were reduced to disciplinary probation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sentence Lessened In Sex Abuse Case | 3/10/1987 | See Source »

...distract from the film's mood. But he has located a chic, grim style for the story. Garish, ominous colors flash vividly across his monochrome palette. The streets keep sweating rain, and clouds loom over the bayou like threats written in cigar smoke. Images of mirrors, feet, overhead fans, unknown soldiers and shrouded figures punctuate Harry's waking dreams, inching him closer to the terrible truth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Lucifer In Disguise with Diamonds ANGEL HEART | 3/9/1987 | See Source »

Five years ago the sport was almost unknown. Today boards cost from $150 to $400, and Burton Snowboards in Manchester Center, Vt., the largest manufacturer, claims its sales have doubled during each of the past four years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Snowboarders Invade the Slopes | 3/9/1987 | See Source »

...billed as an "ensemble" piece, ensemble being used here to signify several uninteresting storylines which are connected with no common theme and only the most superficial circumstance. A more ludicrous feature is the fact that the makers of this turkey used a wretched single by a heretofore unknown potbelly (John Parr) as the title theme, when a great song of the appropriate title by Brian Eno was available. The most ludicrous feature, however, is that a nauseating effort like St. Elmo's Fire (both movie and song...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Front Line: Hollywood | 3/5/1987 | See Source »

...researchers began analyzing the DNA from four large families that had one thing in common: a history of the disease stretching back over many generations. After three years of work, they isolated two genetic markers, or molecular signposts, on chromosome 21 that are located close to the still unknown gene responsible for the inherited form of the disease. "The identification of these markers overcomes a major hurdle," says M.G.H. Neurogeneticist James Gusella, who directed the research. "This is the first step toward the identification of the primary cause of the disease." (Gusella has another claim to fame: he headed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Genetic Clues | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

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