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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Crimson pressman Brian M. Byrne produced the four-color photo, threading a single web of newsprint through all three units of the Goss Community Press in the basement of the paper's 14 Plympton St. building...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Noisy Era Ends at The Crimson | 1/4/1982 | See Source »

...business began on a kitchen table in the basement flat of Laura and Bernard Ashley in London's Pimlico district. Starting in 1953, the couple printed designs on fabrics and made some of the material into towels and napkins that were sold in London shops. Their first runaway bestseller was a set of tea towels that was a copy of 19th century designs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Selling Romance, British Style | 12/21/1981 | See Source »

...result of their business success, the couple from the basement flat in Pimlico has won a British export award and been invited for a visit on the royal yacht Britannia. The Ashleys now live much of the year in a 17-bedroom, 18th century chateau in northern France. At a small airfield near by, Bernard keeps a Beechcraft King Air plane, which he uses to fly off to business meetings. And while fashion trends come and go, Laura Ashley in tends to continue selling ruffles and romance. Says she: "What the eye sees is important. High tech is too hard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Selling Romance, British Style | 12/21/1981 | See Source »

...issues moving through the White House machinery. Darman, who first suggested the Legislative Strategy Group, has made himself the master of all paper going to Reagan; he does the final edits on almost everything Reagan sees. On the wall of Barman's office in the White House basement hangs a picture of Darman and Reagan shuffling papers together. The President has written...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The President's Men | 12/14/1981 | See Source »

...other defendants; he has admitted accepting money through Kuhn but denied going along with any fix. When Sweeney spoke of shamefully tacking the $500 in his closet, it recalled Ed Warner of C.C.N.Y. three decades ago, hiding the money in a shoe-box in an aunt's basement. They must have felt about the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: When Scandals Do Not Scandalize | 11/30/1981 | See Source »

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