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Despite some legitimate concerns about possible negative consequences, with wise planning the Megaplex represents at least a potential field goal, if not a touch-down, both for the state economy and for the coffers of the state govenment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mega-Moneymaker | 2/5/1994 | See Source »

Message received upon calling the office of Prof. Camille Paglia at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. If you need to reach her, it's probably wise to follow these instructions closely. In her speech at the K-School Thursday night, Paglia explained that she was fired from Bennington College for getting into a "fistfight" at a disco party...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW SPEAK | 2/5/1994 | See Source »

...goals include installing fiberglass windows to minimize heat loss, reducing inefficient use of steam, converting the Chemistry building to use chilled water from the central line and "teaching Harvard students, faculty and staff to be wise energy consumers...

Author: By Douglas M. Pravda, | Title: Engineering Professor Does Lighting, Too | 2/2/1994 | See Source »

...been chosen because he has distinguished himself as a lawyer whose wise counsel, keen negotiating skills and mastery at litigation are held in the highest esteem," Clinton said in an Oval Office ceremony...

Author: By Emil J. Kiehne, | Title: Patrick Nominated for Justice Post | 2/2/1994 | See Source »

Sure Thing, the opening playlet, is 40 cunning variations on meeting cute. A young man approaches a young woman seated at a restaurant table. Every time he or she says something clumsy or frosty a bell rings (ding!), the actors freeze and the process ratchets back a step. Movie-wise playgoers with a sense of deja vu will wonder if this isn't Groundhog Day all over again. Well, worry not about Ives' originality or his consistency. Sure Thing was first seen in 1988, five years before the Bill Murray comedy. Further, all six of the Timing pieces are ingenious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ringing the Bell | 1/31/1994 | See Source »

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