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The pragmatist in Costner beat out the performer, and he enrolled at Cal State-Fullerton to study marketing and finance. By his senior year he was bored. "I picked up a copy of the college daily paper and saw an ad for Rumpelstiltskin auditions," he recalls. "I didn't get...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Hollywood Rediscovers Romance | 9/7/1987 | See Source »

Harriman was one of those who believed in having important telephone conversations transcribed for his files. His personal papers describe a classic exchange with Robert Kennedy, who phoned after announcing on television that he was challenging President Johnson for the Democratic nomination. Kennedy: "I'm running for President." Harriman: "Next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: History Without Letters | 8/31/1987 | See Source »

Reginald Lewis had every reason to feel successful and satisfied. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he had founded the first black legal firm on Wall Street and enjoyed a six-figure income. But four years ago, at age 40, Lewis became bored with a lawyer's life. He decided...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buying Into the Big Time | 8/24/1987 | See Source »

For most of the last five years, under the direction of Dean Daniel C. (unclear) '46, the Medical School has been struggling to revamp a traditional curriculum, which critics say has left many students bored with trying to process an ever-growing and ever-changing body of medical information. As...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: A New Era In Education Begins at Medical School | 8/21/1987 | See Source »

"It was strange, thought Alice, how little nationality or civil status mattered in a heatwave." Remarks like that, the hallmark of Francoise Sagan's simple, wayward charm, occur often enough to make this slight tale worth a couple of summer hours. Maybe it should be read at night, out of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Summer Reading | 7/27/1987 | See Source »

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