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...square. At 11:10 p.m. the cameramen found Andrews. They were certain, they said later, that police were hiding somewhere in the small square, and would intervene. So they started to film, watching from a few yards as Andrews doused himself with lighter fluid and fumbled with matches. A flame started up on his blue jeans. The cameras rolled. The men watched. The flame spread across the victim's leg. The men continued to film...

Author: By Thomas J. Meyer, | Title: Looking On | 3/14/1983 | See Source »

...incidentally something like A. Barilett Giamstti. Angela and Gustave acquire allies for her, the wimpy hotel proprietor Heat A. Nytheguy (John Stimpson) and heroic intervener Dwight Turheto. (Brooks Whitehouse): for him, mistress Helen Highwater (Terry, Ray, Robinson, town marshal Annie Gitchergun (Rick Reynold) Festus Gunnsinawest (Jonathan Isham). and old flame Micheal Loud (Chad Hummel). But rifts develop, and fortuitous break up the quest for Angela's fortune. Sex is also at them...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: Roar of the Greasepaint | 2/23/1983 | See Source »

...demand that liberals act on their promises--the flame of hope that Meldon E. Levine still saw burning--that is what has been extinguished on campus. In the 10 years since America's Vietnam War officially ended. Harvard students have moved gradually toward a politics of almost meaningless labels: avoid the excess of "radicalism": blame all evil on "conservatives." Remain "liberal," and you're safe. The mindset encourages mildness and discourages being identified as someone whose life is dedicated to "some cause" or, even worse, "causes in general...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett president, | Title: A Parting Shot | 2/2/1983 | See Source »

...beach was thronged with people--screaming and shouting or talking in barely audible whispers. It was crowded with horses and dogs, children and mothers. On the other side of the road, the cliffs were ablaze and a strong, hot wind blew cinders and smoke, turning the palm trees into flaming torches and sending crowds scurrying to the water's edge. There were fathers looking for children, children looking for pets. It was impossible to see through the wall of flame and smoke and everyone was sure their house was gone. Like sinners in the inferno, they ran in circles, blown...

Author: By Wendy L. Wall, | Title: Trial by Fire | 10/21/1982 | See Source »

...palm tree torches made a line of-flaming sentinels on the beach. Over the helicopter landing pad rose on cerie, incandescent glow. The ridgelines were faced with fire: the canyons were aglow with flame, but the winds had changed, and in the flickering burning grass. I thought I saw a touch of splendor...

Author: By Wendy L. Wall, | Title: Trial by Fire | 10/21/1982 | See Source »

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