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Even Costello lost a stroke. The top qualifierfor the 200-yd. breaststroke managed only fourthin 2:21.59. Koerckel remained strong and shaved.38 off her qualifying time to take fifth...

Author: By Theodore D. Chuang, | Title: Aquawomen Edged by Bulldogs | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

...superbly symbiotic arrangement. The celebrity media fill their space and time; the hype Houdinis manage simultaneously to alert and to anesthetize the moviegoer. At times, they stroke and stoke each other. "Appearances on a lot of shows are designed to impress the media rather than the public," says Warren Cowan, chairman of the Rogers & Cowan agency. "Writers and editors watch the morning shows, say, and decide to check the stories out." For the sake of detente, these natural adversaries must get along to get ahead. "Some journalists say that the publicity machine isn't worth the powder it would take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Does This Film Seem Familiar? | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

...brilliant stroke to run the incumbent Vice President, who was boasting of his own Administration's success, as the candidate of grievance -- of affronts localized in a liberalism that is soft on crime and defense, exotic as a Harvard boutique yet stealthy enough to win an election by misrepresenting itself to the American people. Populism is supposed to be an < appeal to the powerless. The populism of power is a contradiction in terms. But Ailes and Lee Atwater and James Baker made it a successful contraption for garnering votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Power Populist | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

...Crimson tied the game with 12 minutes left in the first half on a penalty stroke taken by junior Char Joslin...

Author: By Caroline Miller, | Title: Stickwomen Break Bulldog Jinx, 2-1 | 11/3/1988 | See Source »

...look. Regatta-goers pack Lars Anderson Bridge. Crew shells are stacked in preparation for the long trip home. Cambridge resident Julie Scholl, 9, talks to mounted police officer Ron Bernard and his horse Cheyenne. Spectators watch and cheer on a favorite boat. The Harvard men's varsity lightweight eights stroke toward the finish...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Day at the Races: Head for the River | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

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