Word: 80s
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bright, witty, and socially conscious, and he speaks with cynicism to the problems of the '80s," said Nina R. Schwalbe '88, the chairman of the Class Day Speaker Committee...
...legal wrangle was an ironic backstage twist for TV's savviest courtroom drama. Among its substantial achievements, L.A. Law has brought TV lawyers into the '80s; the firm of McKenzie, Brackman is the first to deal with the whole gamut of cases that preoccupy America's litigious society, from sensational rape trials to mundane contract disputes. Unlike the Perry Masons and Owen Marshalls of TV's earlier days, these lawyers worry about salaries, office politics and off-hours relationships, like the steamy romance between Van Owen (Susan Dey) and Kuzak (Harry Hamlin). Sometimes they even lose cases...
...groundbreaking police series Hill Street Blues virtually reinvented TV drama. He followed up that success with the tony courtroom drama L. A. Law and the provocative "dramedy" Hooperman. Bochco is already the most influential and iconoclastic TV producer of the '80s. Now, with a lucrative deal to create ten shows for ABC, he is poised to put his stamp...
...when talking about Ivy League hockey. The Crimson has earned a reputation as one of the best teams in college hockey during the 1980s. Harvard, which has won seven straight Ivy titles since 1982, has made six NCAA appearances, including three trips to the Final Four in the '80s...
...extent to which the ailment exists; symptoms so variable that diagnosis is difficult; no simple sure cure, so that everyone from surgeons to quacks feels free to offer therapy. And oh, yes, it helps if someone famous suffers from the affliction. Hypoglycemia fit the bill in the 1970s. The '80s have brought two new worries, fatigue syndrome and something known as TMJ, a painful condition that affects the joints...