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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there is a more positive side of the `Bailey myth'. One Classics concentrator said that in one class, a woman had a cold, and was sniffling. Bailey got up, left the classroom, and returned moments later with a box of Kleenex...

Author: By Jennifer L. Mnookin, | Title: Bailey Goes to Broadway | 10/16/1986 | See Source »

Equipped with a new Red Sox sweatshirt and a "press box attendant" pass, I arrived at Gate B both days more than four hours before game time...

Author: By Anne Gammons, | Title: View From the Box | 10/16/1986 | See Source »

...cabin of the shrimp boat, bound for the Gulf of Mexico, are these: one Sunbeam Master Chef charcoal grill, three spatulas hanging from eye hooks, a slicker, half a dozen greasy life jackets, a pan full of plastic dishes, a box of Zatarain's crab boil (since 1889), a bottle of Hunt's All Natural barbecue sauce, a bottle of Seven Seas Viva Italian dressing, a bottle of Formula 409 all-purpose cleaner, a can of Bush's Best whole-kernel golden corn, a can of Shurfine early harvest sweet peas, a can of La Choy meatless chow mein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Louisiana: Gone Shrimping | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

...headed back to Back to the Future? Yes, but with a sweeter, slower spin on the time machine. For while Robert Zemeckis' box-office champ of 1985 was a hip '80s teenager's look at his funny parents back in the '50s, Peggy Sue (whose script was written long before Future's release) is a panorama of the same terrain as seen by an adult full of remembrance and regret. The teen traveler played by Michael J. Fox was hurled back to a time he knew only from the decade's recycled pop culture. Peggy Sue's trip is spookier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Just a Dream, Just a Dream Peggy Sue Got Married | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

...urban jungle of Manhattan he is as flummoxed as King Kong -- wary of escalators, bidets and soul-man handshakes -- but eager to buck the odds. It is The Gods Must Be Crazy in whiteface, and ingratiating enough to make Mick Dundee (Paul Hogan) a man for all box offices. After topping E.T.'s record take in Australia, this shambling comedy (directed by Peter Faiman) filched $8 million its first U.S. weekend. Hogan is already familiar to TV viewers as the roguish spokesman for Australian tourism. Now, flashing his smile and a brisk "G'day" to Manhattan's snobs and pimps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Rushes: Oct. 13, 1986 | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

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