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...UCLA and the University of Houston filled the Astrodome for a basketball game, just about the only pretext that weary barn has anymore for calling itself "the eighth wonder of the world." That was more than ten times the Cougars' customary audience, and so what figured to be a mystery for the ages was: Where did Texas find 52,000 basketball fans? But now the question is: How did it become the basketball capital of the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Lone Star Whoops for Hoops | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

...part political caucus, part camp meeting, part trade show--and all barn burner. As the crowds of 4,000 milled through the Sheraton Washington Hotel in the nation's capital last week, Gospel singers crooned, video- equipment salesmen hawked their wares, and media consultants prowled the meeting rooms for new talent. Dozens of Senators and Congressmen made it their business to turn out for the cameras and lights, cementing alliances and buffing up images. Jeane Kirkpatrick and Jesse Jackson were there. President Reagan, appropriately, sent a message on videotape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Power, Glory - and Politics | 2/17/1986 | See Source »

Tomorrow afternoon, the Crimson will showdown against Cornell (3-1-1 ECAC). The Lynah Rink shootout is the highlight of every year in Ithaca, N.Y., and the Crimson has to play its best if it hopes to tip the powerful Big Red in its own barn...

Author: By Nick Wurf, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Icemen Whip Red Raiders, 7-2 | 12/7/1985 | See Source »

...park site was originally designated as the location of the John F. Kennedy Library. However, because of civic opposition in Cambridge, the library was built in Dorchester. The land was used as an MBTA car barn until 1976, when the state allocated the riverfront parcel for the construction of the state's official JFK memorial...

Author: By Teresa L. Johnson, | Title: Kennedys Dedicate JFK Park | 11/5/1985 | See Source »

...Bait distributors. Such is the spell of his silver tongue that a remarkable number of people quickly dismiss the information. In the blink of an eye, the pitch can slide from McClintic's shady years to his next project, vending fishing tackle. "This is going to be a barn burner!" Rare is the listener who then exclaims, "Wait a minute! Did you say LEAVENWORTH...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Des Moines: Worms for Sale | 10/21/1985 | See Source »

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