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...shoes, the batboy sprints across the field for no apparent reason, the owner sells a racetrack, the designated hitter does a line of coke, the fat slob in the fourth row spills his beer, the usher sells a We're Number One felt finger, the mascot kisses a bikini-clad fan, the general manager exiles a third baseman to Cleveland for a player to be named later, the organist plays a march, the crowd bellows "Charge," an Eastern European government goes belly-up, a newborn baby enters the world, a cancer victim leaves it and the cycle begins again. Four...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Nothing Comes Between Me And Calvin | 4/21/1990 | See Source »

...comic strip is the Andy Griffith of literature. It is conservative, it is homey, it is comfortable, and it is in no hurry to reveal how smart it really is. My fascination is to see what Andy would look like in a thong bikini. Traditional and friendly, but dangerous at the same time, which is a likely description of Bloom County...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview: with BERKE BREATHED: A Hooligan Who Wields a Pen | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

...were the ones who pulled their sport up from the tide line. Back in the 1970s, tournaments, such as they were, could offer top players no more than a free pair of swim trunks, dinner in a local restaurant and perhaps a date with the winner of the accompanying bikini contest. But in 1983 a group of players who believed in the game's potential formed the Association of Volleyball Professionals to fight for bigger purses and better promotions. The group, which numbers 250 members, went on strike during the 1984 World Championships in California's Hermosa Beach to protest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Beach Volleyball Nets Big Bucks | 8/28/1989 | See Source »

...adventures. No, not Batman or Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. For many women, it's those countless forays into the dressing room in search of a bathing suit that won't expose every bulge or sag. This summer, however, has provided some relief from the unforgiving itsy- bitsy bikini. Enter the fashionable swimsuit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Back From The Bikini Brink | 7/17/1989 | See Source »

...women who have outgrown the unforgiving itsy-bitsy bikini, a new wave of fashionable beachwear is helping camouflage the bulges and sags...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page Vol. 134 No. 3 JULY 17, 1989 | 7/17/1989 | See Source »

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