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Yet Walsh has often seemed most creative when he turns apparent weakness into unorthodox strength. At Stanford that has proved to be something of a necessity. Walsh inherited a stout defense from his predecessor and onetime protege Dennis Green. The offense is a different story. With the exception of Glyn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Second Coming: BILL WALSH | 11/2/1992 | See Source »

Perhaps the fact that many of the best moments of this musical are non-musical sequences is a weakness of the show. And Weidman's book writing, though strong and witty, is not entirely successful at weaving a continuum between the scenes.

Author: By Carolyn B. Rendell, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Assassins Resurrected | 10/29/1992 | See Source »

The commentary accompanying the exhibition concentrates entirely on the pre-Columbian influences on Bravo's igonography. While this focus is valuable to the modern-day American viewer, it also constitutes the show's only weakness, denying some of the power of Bravo's work by excluding its contemporary significance.

Author: By David S. Kurnick, | Title: Photographs Capture Mexico | 10/15/1992 | See Source »

McCool suffers from a severe case of cumulative trauma disorder, a syndrome that results from overusing the muscles and tendons of the fingers, hands, arms and shoulders. The condition brings pain, numbness, weakness and sometimes longterm disability. Such problems, more commonly known as repetitive stress injuries (RSI), now strike an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crippled by Computers | 10/12/1992 | See Source »

But as the hands continue to be overworked, symptoms worsen. Tendons, which are like long pulleys directing the movement of the fingers from many places in the hands and arms, can swell up, producing painful tendinitis. Soreness can also result from the inflammation of sheaths surrounding the tendons. Muscles in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crippled by Computers | 10/12/1992 | See Source »

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