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...problem for the Crimson's running game and pressure defense has been inconsistency. Watching the team so far this year is like watching a giant crimson yo-yo. It goes up and down, up and down...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Up and Down Cagers Seek Equilibrium | 12/8/1987 | See Source »

...conjuring up imaginary new projects and then charting all the tasks needed to bring them to market. A manager from Godfather's Pizza is working with a training coordinator from Wisconsin Power & Light to launch nuclear wastes into the sun. Someone else is hoping to market a stringless yo-yo ("potential opportunity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Chicago: Seminars Everywhere | 10/12/1987 | See Source »

...terrace overlooking Lake Fuschl near Salzburg, Seiji Ozawa and Yo-Yo Ma are deep in conversation. "Remember that discussion about whether an Oriental can do Western music?" asks the Japanese conductor in heavily accented English. Ma does. "Music can be learned, really, by anybody who cares to know it well enough and deeply enough," says the cellist, who is of Chinese parentage but as American as a baseball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: What Makes Seiji Run? | 3/30/1987 | See Source »

World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma '76 will give a house-wide musical performance as part of Leverett House's festivities next week...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: From Ma at Leverett to TV at Lowell, Houses Host Guests to Celebrate 350th | 10/3/1986 | See Source »

Still, as the rumors spread, even some Pentagon officials were puzzled about the Administration's intentions. Complained one senior Navy officer about White House aides: "If they'd just get their act in shape, we'd know better what they expect of us. It's like being on a yo-yo." Gaddafi might have experienced similar feelings last week. If so, the same officer could have cleared up any confusion in the colonel's mind about the Navy's preference. Said he: "Give us an excuse, and we'll clobber him, but good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shadowboxing with Gaddafi | 9/8/1986 | See Source »

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