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...boat are Claude Sirlin at three, who was a member of the varsity for the Brown race last year, and moving up from last year's strong freshman contingent are Mark Shoeffel at four and Steve Wayne, who displaced veteran George Hunnewell and will stroke on the varsity squad as a sophomore...

Author: By Ken Segel, | Title: 1985-'86 Harvard Men's Crew | 4/11/1986 | See Source »

Though racing in the powerhouse stretch is not unusual, the lightweight fours race was in the opposite direction of the racecourse, facing downstream. These odd features made the race "feel more like a practice," said stroke Lindsay Burns...

Author: By Helen Lee, | Title: Radcliffe Crews Cruise Despite a Choppy Charles | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

...wore either yellow or white shoes to his father's funeral. Gordon Peter, 52, is a classical composer who involved himself in Getty Oil long enough to sell the company to Texaco. Grandson Jean Paul III came to a bad end: years of alcohol and drug abuse precipitated a stroke that left him paralyzed and virtually blind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Hazards of the Midas Touch the Great Getty by Robert Lenzne | 3/17/1986 | See Source »

...billion limit required by the Gramm-Rudman measure. But now a growing number of lawmakers are talking about including a third, relatively painless remedy: a onetime federal tax amnesty that would allow past evaders to clear their slates--and at least part of Uncle Sam's--in a single stroke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painless Remedy | 3/17/1986 | See Source »

...People's Army, the party's guerrilla arm; and two members of a rebel hit squad. The four reputed Communists were freed over the objections of Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and Chief of Staff Fidel Ramos. Aquino's move may prove to be a shrewd stroke. Both Sison and Buscayno have been in jail for nearly a decade. In the interim they have been replaced by Communist Hard- Liner Rodolfo Salas. If Sison and Buscayno try to resume influential roles in the insurgency, they could cause a split in its ranks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines Digging for Treasure | 3/17/1986 | See Source »

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