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Nadkarni agreed. "Despite a few mental lapses we're playing a lot smoother," he said. "Passing is improving, which helps the setters. And when the setting is better, it's easier...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spikers Rebound, Beat MIT, 3-2, Club Match Builds Confidence | 2/11/1985 | See Source »

...item bibliography, Randall's greatest skill is portraiture. In A Little Revenge, both Franklins are vital, believable figures: Benjamin, "puffy and smooth from gout, his body overweight and rounded into the peculiar barrel shape of the once-powerful swimmer too long out of the . water"; William, "a smoother, thinner, sharper replica of his father, with the same impressive forehead, the same strong, straight nose apostrophizing the same set jaw and pronounced chin." Through his 20s, the younger Franklin is an almost biblical son, honoring his father, serving as lab assistant, aide-de-camp, courier, legal factotum, confidential secretary, bodyguard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Collision of Genes and Temper :A Little Revenge: Benjamin Franklin and His Son | 1/14/1985 | See Source »

...weaken the council further by failing to appoint replacements. Said Reagan in an interview published in Human Events, a conservative weekly: "I'm considering whether or not I even want to fill [the chairmanship]." From a public relations standpoint, while abolishing the CEA would make economic decisions appear smoother, it might create the impression that the Administration is trying to get rid of anyone who does not agree with it. Particularly if the economy runs into trouble in the next four years, the President will need plenty of help to share the work, and perhaps the blame. -By Stephen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Needs' em? | 12/24/1984 | See Source »

...variation of the twice-a-day, three-step regimen of complexion soap, "scruffing lotion" and moisturizer. Special creams like Solutions for Men shave gel complete with aloe vera sell for $7.50 for 3 oz., compared with $1.59 for a 7-oz. can of Gillette Foamy. The new products "give smoother results because they contain more lubricating emollients and fewer air bubbles than most foams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Trading Faces, the Latest Wrinkle | 12/17/1984 | See Source »

Dermatologists are among those not buying. The new goos may give smoother shaves, they concede, and they actively approve skin treatments with sun blocks, to head off wrinkles. But doctors say the moisturizers, tighteners and abrasive scrubs make little discernible difference. "It's more hope than help," says Beverly Hills Dermatologist Arnold Klein. "Most products will do only one thing: make the people who manufacture them wealthy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Trading Faces, the Latest Wrinkle | 12/17/1984 | See Source »

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