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...Finger on the button, eye glued to the viewfinder, he crouches there, trying to imitate a fireplug's unobtrusiveness while putting a frame around inchoate reality. But much as one admires the discipline of the cinema verite cameraman, sooner or later there comes a time when one wants to scream at him, "Stop being a camera! Start being a human being!" There are many of these moments in Streetwise, a film by Director-Cameraman Martin Bell, Mary Ellen Mark and Cheryl McCall, about adolescents adrift on the streets of Seattle. The first, surely, is when Erin, one of the principal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Real People in a Reel Peephole | 5/6/1985 | See Source »

...second half, something went out of the race," said sophomore seven-man Chris Wendland, "and I haven't been able to put my finger on a what...

Author: By Marie B. Morres, | Title: Navy, Princeton, Yale Outstroke Crimson | 4/29/1985 | See Source »

...built on a careening, dissonant riff that sounds like a madman's rage. The lyrics are similarly out of control, clearly delineated by Thompson's view of his ex-marriage in a single burst of acid: "And you know how uncertainty can linger, with a rattlesnake wrapped around your finger, one day it might wake up and sting you, here's a toast to the bride and the groom...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: To Be The Very Best | 4/26/1985 | See Source »

...injured his finger while diving into second base Sunday against Penn, said last night that xrays taken yesterday showed a fracture...

Author: By Mike Knoblerler, | Title: Kay's Little Finger Poses a Big Problem | 4/23/1985 | See Source »

...made Georgetown rich or that Georgetown made Ewing meet some educational standard, enriching him as well. It was a square deal. "I've had a great career at Georgetown," he said. "I've learned a great deal." Fetching his award in the postgame commencement, Ewing poked a No. 1 finger at the roof, but in the next instant he seemed to lead the clapping for Villanova, especially for Ed Pinckney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Dream That Couldn't Miss | 4/15/1985 | See Source »

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