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Self-assured, quick witted and highly conservative, Lott, 47, has represented the state's relatively prosperous Gulf Coast region in the House since 1972. As a member of the Judiciary Committee, he defended Richard Nixon against impeachment charges. By 1980 his ability to keep friends while taking hard-line positions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Seven New Faces | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

The familiar picture of the plodding, cold-blooded, dim-witted dinosaur inching his way through steamy swamps may look nice in coloring books and Saturday morning cartoons, but according to a leading paleontologist who spoke last night at Yenching Library, scholars in the field should know better.

Author: By Alison D. Morantz, | Title: Expert Says Dinosaurs Deserve Better Image | 11/10/1988 | See Source »

What we have here is The Odd Couple on the Lam, with Mardukas trying to slip out of Walsh's clutches and the bounty hunter trying to evade the intricate triple pursuit that Screenwriter George Gallo has structured and Director Martin Brest has smartly executed. The FBI, led by burly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Is There Life in Shoot-to-Thrill? | 7/25/1988 | See Source »

Six quick-witted unflappable Harvard students will get their chance this spring to hear Vanna speak--in person.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wheel of Fortune Seeks Harvard Players | 3/11/1988 | See Source »

Jean de Florette, set in the 1920s, described the attempt of the clever Papet (Yves Montand) and his dim-witted nephew Ugolin (Daniel Auteuil)--the last remaining members of what used to be the richest and most glorious family in the region--to wrest the land of a neighboring farmer...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Manon Around the House | 1/15/1988 | See Source »

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