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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...such ambiguity on the menu, which starts with superior spring rolls and delivers reliably satisfying Szechwan main dishes. This is a far better restaurant than its predecessor, House of China, which wasn't bad. Only the sameness about the sauces keeps it from greatness, the greatness we so yearn for in the leaderless Mandarin-Szcechwan cuisine of today...

Author: By Robert Nadeau, | Title: The Painted Dish | 9/16/1988 | See Source »

...such ambiguity on the menu, which starts with superior spring rolls and delivers reliably satisfying Szechwan main dishes. This is a far better restaurant than its predecessor, House of China, which wasn't bad. Only the sameness about the sauces keeps it from greatness, the greatness we so yearn for in the leaderless Mandarin-Szcechwan cuisine of today...

Author: By Robert Nadeau, | Title: OUT TO LUNCH | 9/14/1988 | See Source »

...Dartmouth in particular, Freedman faces the task of invigorating a somewhat disenchanted faculty and defining the intellectual mission of the school. Freedman's predecessor, David T. MacLaughlin, announced his resignation six months after the faculty wrote a report criticizing his five-year presidential term...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: A New Breed of Ivy Presidents | 9/11/1988 | See Source »

...such ambiguity on the menu, which starts with superior spring rolls and delivers reliably satisfying Szechwan main dishes. This is a far better restaurant than its predecessor, House of China, which wasn't bad. Only the sameness about the sauces keeps it from greatness, the greatness we so yearn for in the leaderless Mandarin-Szcechwan cuisine of today...

Author: By Robert Nadeau, | Title: OUT TO LUNCH | 9/11/1988 | See Source »

...never have won the Mr. Congeniality award at Springwood High, but at the box office he has matured into Most Likely to Succeed. As embodied by Actor Robert Englund, he is the star of New Line Cinema's A Nightmare on Elm Street series. Each sequel has outgrossed its predecessor, financially as well as filmically, with the first three installments cadging more than $100 million. And the new entry, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, has, in Variety's cheery phrase, "slashed its way into b.o. history." The picture, made for a puny $6 million, earned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Did You Ever See a Dream Stalking? | 9/5/1988 | See Source »

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