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After suffering a stroke Sunday evening, Slater, 53, has been resting in the intensive care unit at Crouse Memorial Hospital in Syracuse...

Author: By Joanne Nelson, | Title: Providence Sends ECAC Message, Beats Icewomen, 5-1 | 12/5/1991 | See Source »

What the outnumbered Americans had accomplished at the Coral Sea and Midway was even greater than they at first realized. Describing "this memorable American victory," Churchill wrote, "At one stroke, the dominant position of Japan in the Pacific was reversed . . . The annals of war at sea present no more intense, heart-shaking shock than these two battles, in which the $ qualities of the United States Navy and Air Force and of the American race shone forth in splendor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down but Not Out | 12/2/1991 | See Source »

...CLARK hugs her father, BOBBY CLARK '66, after the final game of her Harvard career; Coach SUE CAPLES tries to rally her troops, down by a pair to the Terriers, during halftime at B.U.'s Nickerson Field; Goaltender LISA YADAO dives valiently, though unsuccessfully, to prevent a Terrier penalty stroke from hitting the back of the net; Forward LOREN AMBINDER, a model of hustle, keeps herself low on the artificial turf in hopes of deflecting a B.U. pass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bittersweet Ending | 11/21/1991 | See Source »

With 10 minutes to play in the first half, the Terriers were awarded a penalty stroke after a Yadao save and a furious scramble ensued in front of the Crimson cage. Terries midfielder Robin Smith popped her shot by an outstretched Yadao to give the Terriers a two-goal advantage...

Author: By Joanne Nelson, | Title: Terriers Blank Stickwomen, 3-0 | 11/15/1991 | See Source »

...stroke of genius appears in the second act, after David has become enormously successful. Rosenbaum makes David's house a skeletal frame through which the audience can see the dilapidated barn. Superimposing the skeletal house on the barn prevents the audience from forgetting David's humble origins, just as David himself cannot...

Author: By Deborah Wexler, | Title: The Show That Needs No Luck | 11/15/1991 | See Source »

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