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...Catholic priest serving a nine-month sentence for protesting the training of contras in the U.S. It saddens and angers me to see North and Admiral John Poindexter wrap themselves in the U.S. flag and call a wrong right and a lie truth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Capitol Hearings | 8/10/1987 | See Source »

...wearing T shirts advertising Powdermilk Biscuits and Bertha's Kitty Boutique. At the 15-minute mark Keillor wanders onstage, looking solemn, and tells everyone he does not believe in unsentimental farewells. He wants howling and lamentation, he says; he wants people to throw themselves on the floor and wrap their arms around his ankles. Yessir...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Leaving Lake Wobegon Garrison | 6/29/1987 | See Source »

...begs for poignance like an orphaned puppy, partly because modern plastic surgery makes the plot anachronistic, partly because, even with his Cyranose, C.D. is a darned sight more attractive than his beefy rival. Aaaahh, who cares, as long as Steve Martin gets a chance to strut his physical grace, wrap his mouth around clever dialogue, clamber up to rooftops like a Tarzan of the Northwest, give new life to the old-fashioned nobility of the love letter, and drink wine through his nose? "Party trick," he shrugs. It's a neat trick, being Steve Martin. He's so good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Lonely Guy Gets a Nose Job ROXANNE | 6/15/1987 | See Source »

Harvard Coach Mike Horn will wrap up his career as varsity sailing coach this week when he leads the Radcliffe sailing team into the Women's North American Intercollegiate Championships. Horn steps down after 16 years as varsity sailing coach...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Sailors 11th at Nat'ls | 5/27/1987 | See Source »

...light weight, I wondered why discus throwers didn't throw the discus like a frisbee. But when I tried to hold the discus in a classic frisbee-throwing position, I found it difficult to do so. No edge had been formed on the outer rim around which I could wrap my fingers...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: A Day at the Track | 5/20/1987 | See Source »

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