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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with Coach Al McGuire and the rest of Marquette basketball team would capture the NCAA Championship in 1977, plays for Puerto Rico because his grandparents are of Puerto Rican descent. The 1976 Puerto Rican squad is one of the strongest at the Olympics...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Nerf Balls and Olympic Dreams | 9/27/1988 | See Source »

...Dukakis campaign has been slow to use its own institutional advantage: Senate Democrats. After the convention, party leaders waited in irritation for calls that never came. Groused a Senator's aide: "It was a 'We know best' attitude." Belatedly, Sam Nunn, Les Aspin, Al Gore and John Glenn were summoned by Dukakis last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Friends In High Places | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

...killing, Testrake testified, took place during negotiations between airport authorities and the other hijacker over refueling the aircraft. Prosecutors have identified him as Hassan Izz-al-Din, a Lebanese who remains at large. "The hijacker began screaming into the radio," said Testrake. "He turned to his accomplice and screamed ((in Arabic)) what sounded like an order." According to Testrake, Hammadi pulled Stethem, who had been bound and beaten unconscious, to his feet and out of Testrake's view. "I heard a single pistol shot, and then the other hijacker screamed at me to tell the tower that one passenger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany Chipping Away At Terrorism | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

...AL East is no lock yet. Didn't Boston realize this when the Tigers last year came out of nowhere the final week of play to defeat the Blue Jays for the pennant? Did it forget about that unforgettable day 10 years ago in Fenway against the Yankees...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Beware the Ghosts of Fenway | 9/23/1988 | See Source »

Nesty was beating not only the best swimmers--including the best Anglo-Saxons--from around the world, but he was also beating Al Campanis...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Drowning Out the Old Racist Rancor | 9/22/1988 | See Source »

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