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...involved too in a game demanding some level of awareness. Harvard tends to reward total thinking, the welding of reader with book, the stopping of time in darkroom or laboratory. But only in the rarest of situations is such focus wholly safe. Always a scrap of mindfulness must caress the environment, noting perhaps the softly closing door, the far-off squeak, the scent of perfume or smoke or fear, the look crossing someone's eyes. Full and undivided attention encourages all sorts of surprise, sometimes grisly, and some surprise originates within gates, among colleagues, even among friends about to become...

Author: By Professor JOHN R. stilgoe, | Title: IN THE MEANTIME | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

...island to Christianity (fact). Instead it has become a celebration of all things Irish, of a nation whose emigrants to this country produced, at least in part, over 45 million Irish-Americans living today. We sing of the "old country," talking lovingly about the light mists that caress her rolling green fields, dancing to her vibrant music traditional and modern, and celebrating this wondrous "Isle of Saints and Scholars." As we raise a pint in modern America, we focus on the joys of being Irish and do not remember what it is to be hungry...

Author: By Christa M. Franklin, | Title: Remembering An Gorta Mor | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

Here's what you get if you win the silver medal: an endorsement contract with Caress and a deal for four prime-time skating specials with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Second Acts | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

...they know the big hits generated by big muscles will earn them big bucks. Ruth knew that too, but he was able to belt taters while defiling the temple of his body. He indulged in illegal drugs (alcohol during Prohibition) and occasionally the illicit honey of a hooker's caress. No one seemed to mind. The Babe was a swaggering kid, a genius and a naif, having fun being the best. McGwire took some time reaching that state of athletic nirvana known as "the groove." For his good and the game's, he seems to be there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball These Are The Good Old Days | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

...smart one and the cute one in bed together for the first time. So far, they have been just friends, but now what? The cute one, topless and asleep, rolls over against the smart one, who suddenly dares to hope and grazes his love object with his fingers. A caress leads to a kiss--and then the cutie pie bolts up awake. Comedy! Drama! Horror! And, since the characters are both men, in a scene that stirs a smiling shudder of recognition in viewers straight and gay: Breakthrough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Objects Of Our Affection | 8/24/1998 | See Source »

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