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Then, there it was: "East Hampton--Next Exit." My heart thumped; would it be true? Would Cappi be there? Or was I wrong? Maybe it really was the girl Dave had once known, maybe I was the hapless victim of my own nostalgic fantasies. Or was Dave the victim?--maybe Adam's brutal sexual slurs were thorougly accurate, and Dave's virility was about to be trampled by an Iowan heavyweight with a five dollar halo floating above her pimply head. We would soon know...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Fourth Grade Blue | 4/30/1987 | See Source »

...said she testified before the subcommitteethat group was only attempting to force Kent-Brownto leave by the back exit when he had finishedspeaking...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: One Protester Accused of Lying; Subcommittee Clears Another | 4/29/1987 | See Source »

...subcommittee's letter to Benz recognizedthat she was not physically involved. It said "thesubcommittee understands that you did notpersonally sit in front of an exit door, [but] youwere party to both the planning and the executionof the events that led directly to the ViceConsul's leaving the room. We therefore concludethat you share in responsibility for thedisruption of the Vice Consul's speech...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: One Protester Accused of Lying; Subcommittee Clears Another | 4/29/1987 | See Source »

...Tripoli for a bizarre 20- second appearance marking the anniversary of the 1986 U.S. bombing raid on Libya. After stepping onto a platform before an audience of some 500 mostly foreign guests, Gaddafi inexplicably turned around and left. Aides could not account for the mercurial leader's sudden exit, which left the four-day anti- American get-together to speakers ranging from American Indian militants to seasoned '60s radicals and at least one British Labor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chad Spoils of the Saharan Sands | 4/27/1987 | See Source »

...thus essentially undramatic. At the end of The Last Picture Show, Duane, who had joined the service and was headed for Korea, left his secondhand Mercury with his friend Sonny, saying, "See you in a year or two, if I don't get shot." It was a good, macho exit line. At the end of Texasville, he doesn't go anywhere, and doesn't even go crazy, though bankruptcy court still looms. No exit line; no exit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: After The Last Picture Show TEXASVILLE | 4/20/1987 | See Source »

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