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Can Sears rejuvenate both a rustic pond and himself? Before these questions are answered, a number of odd events occur: a beloved family dog is shot through the heart; Sears' ally in the pollution case is wiped out, gangland style; an infant is accidentally abandoned by the side of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Coda | 3/1/1982 | See Source »

The University, he argued, "is unduly upset as to whether DNA is dangerous or if some people should make money from DNA." By tightening conflicts-of-interest guidelines, Harvard is "trying regulate something that can't be regulated," he added, concluding his digression with an admonition to University policymakers: "If...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On the Cutting Edge | 10/10/1981 | See Source »

Sábato interrupts this narrative, just before the murder, with a long and astounding digression, written by Fernando in anticipation of the death that he knows awaits him.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: South American Gothic | 8/17/1981 | See Source »

So, too, you can stay with Bond for news in the battle of the sexes, though he tends to lag a bit farther behind the times on this score. His partner in Eyes is (natch) a great beauty, but also (surprise) an archaeologist. Though Melinda (Carol Bouquet) has the annoying...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Eye on the Empire | 7/3/1981 | See Source »

Walter and Barbara and Dan and John were all televisibly on the scene. But where, wondered fans of NBC's Saturday Night Live, was that mistress of digression, Rosanne Rosanna-Dana? "Rosanne won't be covering the convention this year, perhaps in '84," said Gilda Radner at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 25, 1980 | 8/25/1980 | See Source »

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