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William J. Tucker, institutional parole officer at MCI Concord, agrees that the project's lawyers are frequently successful in securing favorable action "A law student who can make a persuasive argument can make a difference between a delayed release and a swift release," he says...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: Legal Advice--For Free | 2/18/1984 | See Source »

Kozintsev's bold direction and swift timing are perfectly suited to the play's central image of the "unaccomodated man" who ultimately, all alone, must confront the basic elements of nature and his soul. The play has been cut down, leaving only those scenes which further the plot's course of destruction. For example, the fool's part is shorn of its lighter scenes, leaving only the bitter social commentary. Thus the movie presents a Lear of pure and seemingly inevitable tragedy...

Author: By Mary F. Cliff, | Title: Above the Language Barrier | 2/17/1984 | See Source »

...ever grab a tiger by the tail, don't let go. Its revenge will be swift and certain...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Tigers Take Their Revenge, Plaster Icewomen | 2/11/1984 | See Source »

...order to appreciate the caliber of Harvard's performance it mounted a season high 604 field goal average, dished off 14 assists as a team, ran a continually swift game and still managed to limit the number of turnovers to eight-one must consider its opponent's talents...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: Blue Devils Slip Past Cagers, 89-86 | 2/9/1984 | See Source »

...horn since the age of five, when his father gave him a custom-made soprano sax. He played with a Cuban symphony orchestra at the age of eleven and made his first trip to New York when he was twelve. By then, he had already plunged into the swift currents of bop by listening hard to Charlie Parker records his father had bought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Hot Bop from a Tropical Gent | 2/6/1984 | See Source »

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