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...there were enough disco songs for Casey Kasem to spend four hours counting down "the top disco hits of all time." The highlight of the chart-smashing list was the 24th biggest disco hit of all time, "Disco Duck." Casey proclaimed disco here to stay precisely because it was mature enough to poke fun at itself...

Author: By Bentley Boyd, | Title: TALKING MUSIC: | 2/17/1987 | See Source »

Gompers, the world junior marathon record holder, crossed the finish line in 30:09.40 to earn a spot in the national championships, which will be held November 24th in Tuscon, Ariz. The top three teams and top two individuals from the IC4As qualified for the national meet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sportswrap | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

...rest of the Harvard team, paced by ninth-place finisher John Oja (31:49.0), also showed improvement in Saturday's competition. Michael Curtis finished 11th with a time of 32:06, followed by freshman Mike Rakov in 24th and Michael Spence in 25th...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harriers Contained | 10/14/1986 | See Source »

...them labeled I LOVE NEW YORK). But in some New York neighborhoods, crack dealers are so cocky that they waltz down the street patting children on the head and greeting store owners by their first names, "like they're running for mayor," says Sergeant Kevin Kilcullen, superintendent of the 24th Precinct narcotics division. "Sometimes they see us driving down the streets and wave to us and say, 'Hi, officer!' It's disgusting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Crusade | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

...whose achievements is it measured?" he asked. "I don't consider 21-in-the-world, or whatever, to be a failure." When Lloyd was ranked 24th, he married the top-rated woman player, Evert. Before long, like Claude Rains or Mr. Thatcher, he began to disappear (to 331st). After Evert spoke publicly of losing respect for her vanishing husband, Lloyd fought his way back into the 30s and even to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open. But his passion was not for winning. "If I wanted it more, maybe I would have gone higher. Maybe I didn't have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Going, Going, Gone At Wimbledon | 7/7/1986 | See Source »

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