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HOSPITALIZED. Liza Minnelli, 38, effervescent singer-actress; for treatment of alcohol and Valium problems; at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Minnelli's newly acknowledged difficulties evoke rueful comparisons with her mother, Judy Garland, who suffered from drug and alcohol addiction for much of her life.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jul. 30, 1984 | 7/30/1984 | See Source »

By this time the women of Bomburbia were changing. The housewives of Cushwa Drive had divorced or taken jobs, and Bombeck, somewhat ironically, was almost the last stay-at-home mom left on the block. The winds of feminism had swept through town, ruffling feathers. One evening, Bombeck recalls, she...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Erma in Bomburbia: Erma Bombeck | 7/2/1984 | See Source »

Beyond this tier of vice-presidential possibilities, the roster of women prospects thins rapidly. Even women with national experience have nagging liabilities. Four-term Maryland Congresswoman Barbara Mikulski, 48, for example, is too abrasive and pro-union (she has a 100% AFL-CIO rating) to help a national ticket. Others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Filling the Democratic Pipeline | 6/4/1984 | See Source »

Two weeks after Betty Gloss won $6 million in the Illinois lottery last October, a police officer carrying a birth certificate visited the home of the winner and her husband Arthur. "I'm your son," the officer said to Mr. Gloss. "I'm Arthur Gloss Jr." As a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Lightning Strikes | 5/28/1984 | See Source »

Like Betty Gloss, Ken Natzke won $6 million ($300,000 a year for 20 years) in the Illinois lottery last October. A onetime carpet cleaner, Natzke is now co-owner of a handyman service and part owner of a production company that books entertainment acts like Elvis Presley Impersonator Rick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Lightning Strikes | 5/28/1984 | See Source »

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