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Last year, on her 49th birthday, Shirley MacLaine wanted to be alone with her dreams. She trekked up into the Rockies near Cripple Creek, Colo., and wished-or "projected," as she puts it-that during the next year, the film she was making, Terms of Endearment, would win an Oscar, and so would she; that her book on spiritualism, Out on a Limb, would become a bestseller; that a revamped version of her nightclub act would score a hit on Broadway. Anything can look possible to a woman who once danced an entire ballet on a broken ankle. But that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Year Of Her Lives | 5/14/1984 | See Source »

...surrogate football, then exhibited a leisurely overhand crawl through the Pacific surf. The scene seemed reminiscent of the pictures from 1966 that purported to show Chairman Mao, then 72, swimming vigorously in the Yangtze River. During their day and two nights in the 50th state (they stop in the 49th, Alaska, this week), Reagan and Nancy chatted with Actors Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.) and Tom Selleck (Magnum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: History Beckons Again | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

...better known for his trademark bow ties than his legislative input during five congressional terms, but he has waged an inspired campaign against his opponent. Percy's commercials show Reagan praising him and then trumpet that he is, therefore, "the Illinois advantage." Simon counters that Illinois ranks 49th out of 50 states in return of federal tax dollars. Asks he: "What kind of advantage is that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Six Worth Watching | 4/30/1984 | See Source »

Freshman Lois Brommer added to her strong showing this tall by finishing 37th, and was closely followed by senior Ellen Gallagher who came in 49th and sophomore Kathy Good, who finished 54th...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: Women Harriers Capture Fourth Place in Nationals | 11/23/1982 | See Source »

That was my last meal at the Blarney Stone. For the rest of the summer, I pounded the pavement for my lunch. It is now a full half-year since I ate my way down South Avenue from 55th St, to 49th St, but the landscape is still fresh in my memory, and I can--and often do--recite the litany of pushcarts that fed me last June, July, and August. In order, walking downtown...

Author: By Michael W. Miller, | Title: Sixth Avenue, On the Greasy Side | 3/9/1982 | See Source »

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