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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...finished by July 4 or he "would jump in the tank." The Fourth came and went-and no completed aquarium. "I'm a man of my word," said Schaefer, and so, toting a rubber duckie and sporting a shoulder-to-knee Victorian bathing suit and a straw boater, the mayor walked the plank and plunked into the seal pool before 300 spectators. Will the aquarium open by Aug. 8, as now promised? Replied Schaefer: "You're going to see a mayor with tape over his mouth." But his lips were not completely, er, sealed. Added the mayor: "Tell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Record: Jul. 27, 1981 | 7/27/1981 | See Source »

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