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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fair enough. And remember the found, if cryptic, farewell of one Andover alumnus to another: "Have a good lemon-drop fest. Good seeing you. Thanks for the brew...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: The Head of the Charles | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

These are the good vibrations of August: soak up some rays on the beach, sip a brew or two and slap a volleyball over a net. A few years ago, Los Angeles beach boys thought it was cool if they were given a couple of six-packs for winning a beach-volleyball tournament. But times have changed. Last year Sinjin Smith, 32, beach-volleyball's top professional, earned nearly $135,000 for a season of bumping, setting and spiking out there on the sand, and he may do even better this year. Predicts Christopher Marlowe, an ESPN sports commentator...

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

Whatever the biological or social truth of Wolves, the novel's artistic conviction cannot be separated from its language, a private brew of nuance, unexpected humor and explosive strength that can already be quickly and appreciatively distinguished as the Chase style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Beasty Boys | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

...Chicago brokerages are passing up the chance to rent $55,000-per-season "skyboxes" in Wrigley Field, even though treating clients to a Cubs game is a traditional way of bringing in new business. Many superstar brokers now make their own telephone pitches to court new clients, and brew their own coffee, after losing the assistants who handled those chores. Even senior partners are being laid off when their sales volume dwindles. "Loyalty and all that kind of stuff go out the window," says an executive of a major Chicago firm that is trimming 10% of its staff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roaring '80s Turn Grinding '90s | 5/1/1989 | See Source »

...shack, they found a squat iron kettle whose contents suggested that more than just a band of ruthless killers had been at work. Inside the pot, resting in dried blood, were a charred human brain and a roasted turtle. Other containers held a witch's brew of human hair, a goat's head and chicken parts. After arresting and questioning four suspects, the Mexican police pieced together a horrific tale of a voodoo-practicing cult of drug smugglers who believed that orgies of human sacrifice would win satanic protection for its 2,000-lb.-a-week marijuana-running operation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cult of The Red-Haired Devil | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

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