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...number of retired athletes, brought along as "goodwill ambassadors," being in Moscow produced a bittersweet sensation. "The hardest part for me," Gaines admitted, "was walking into the swim stadium for the first time. Immediately, I looked at Lane 4, the lane for the fastest qualifier, and slowly my eye went back and forth, back and forth." Like dreamy children, the swimmers Gaines and Steve Lundquist, the basketball player Ann Meyers, the triple jumper Willie Banks, among others, spoke in favor of peace at an extraordinary press conference whose subjects ranged from a reunion of the Apollo-Soyuz spacemen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Less Than Goodwill Games | 7/21/1986 | See Source »

...Neher's. Three cheers for his efforts and those of his cast. Together they have reined in the lavish aura of the play to craft a drama of some depth and wisdom. The small cast fills the equally small stage with a bewitching blend of merriment, music, and bittersweet lessons...

Author: By Abtgail M. Mcganney, | Title: The Gang's All Here | 12/13/1985 | See Source »

...guest bedrooms of a series of women from his romantic past. But unlike your basic home movie, McElwee has not sent forth a slew of random holiday footage. On the contrary, he has edited meticulously some 30 hours of hand-held adventure filming to produce a rueful, bittersweet...

Author: By Ari Z. Posner, | Title: McElwee's Sherman | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

...television sitcom. In fact, there are awkward pauses after many jokes, as if Aaron was expecting a laugh track to be put in. Even the soundtrack sounds like something from TV, resembling the Mary Tyler Moore theme when the mood is happy, and the MASH theme when it is bittersweet...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Maxie Misses By a Mile | 10/10/1985 | See Source »

...were low. When the company was near collapse, DeLorean allegedly planned to raise cash in a big cocaine deal, but his prospective partners in crime turned out to be FBI agents. He was acquitted because the jury decided that he had been entrapped by the agents. His celebration was bittersweet, however. Just before the trial ended, Ferrare had told him she was leaving him. They were divorced last April, and she remarried two weeks later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Another Roadblock for a Dreamer | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

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