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...window." You think that's-overstated? Let me tell you what it's like to be a working mother, "racing around the kitchen in a pair of bedroom slippers, trying to quick-thaw a chop under each armpit . . ." Shared responsibilities? "Transporting children is my husband's 26th favorite thing; it comes somewhere between eating lunch in a tearoom and dropping a bowling ball on his foot." Listen, let me tell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Erma in Bomburbia: Erma Bombeck | 7/2/1984 | See Source »

...service of thanksgiving for Ru Selle's life was held on April 26th in Memorial Church Professor Patricia Herlihy, co-master of Mather House, was, like most everyone, almost at a loss for words. "What can be said about a 21-year-old who died?" Like John Neumann, Ru Selle was an idealist of powerful commitments who found it difficult to reconcile her enthusiasms with the world she saw around her. In high school, she was devoted to her church and in college most generous to her friends. The quotation from Ru Selle which was chosen to appear...

Author: By Maurice DEG. Ford, | Title: Harvard as Wasteland | 5/3/1984 | See Source »

...Ocean Venture '84," scheduled to take place between April 20 and May 6. Designed to test U.S. units in rapid deployment, Ocean Venture will stretch from the Caribbean to the Gulf of Mexico, the Straits of Florida and the U.S. Atlantic Coast. Units including the 82nd Airborne, the 26th Marine Amphibious Unit and some 250 Strategic Air Command and Tactical Air Command aircraft will take part in the operation. Among their activities will be amphibious landings and air assault operations on the Caribbean island of Vieques, site of a U.S. naval facility next door to Puerto Rico...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America: And Now, the Main Event | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

Advance title: The 26th Annual Grammy Awards. By the end of last week's prize-giving gala in Los Angeles, though, it had unquestionably become The Michael Jackson Show. Jackson, 25, nimbly walked off with the gold-plated gramophone eight times, a record record. Among other categories, he captured album of the year (Thriller), record of the year (Beat It) and best male pop vocal (Thriller). The sylphlike Prince of Pop even dominated the show's commercial breaks. His two eagerly awaited Pepsi-Cola ads made their debut during the 3½-hr. telecast. There was an unusual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 12, 1984 | 3/12/1984 | See Source »

...competitions. Their major complaint: lack of up-to-date equipment. They drive an old Italian-made two-man sled. "The equipment of all the participants should be the same," said the younger Wu. "But for a country without a bobsled course we are content with our results." They placed 26th...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Joy of Taking Part | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

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