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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that they are a study in contrasts is to put it most mildly. The two leaders are of comparable age. Reagan will turn 73 in February; Andropov will be 70 in June. Apart from having their fingers on the nuclear button, they share one other similarity: Reagan has never been inside the Communist world and Andropov has never been outside it. Otherwise, they differ in almost every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Men of the Year: Ronald Reagan & Yuri Andropov | 1/2/1984 | See Source »

...much as parents want them. Or perhaps there are other reasons. A New York Times reporter in New Jersey saw five-year-old Eileen Napoli clutching a Cabbage Patch doll named Laura and dutifully asked the girl why she liked her doll. Said Eileen: "She has a real belly button.'' -By Otto Friedrich. Reported by Robert Carney/New York

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Strange Cabbage Patch Craze | 12/12/1983 | See Source »

...Colorado finished second and third in the Associated Press poll], but some teams are too good to be measured just by opponents. I think our team was, and this team is. We probably had a better defense, with guys like Larry Jacobson, Rich Glover and Willie Harper. Heck, John Button [three-time All-Pro Defensive Tackle for the Dallas Cowboys] played behind Jacobson, but it's hard to be intense defensively in a 60-point game. Osborne was a brilliant offensive assistant when I was there. I think they're even better because he's even better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Nebraska, Plainly | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

...began his speech on pre-professionalism telling about a sign above one University washroom's hand dryer. He said the sign read. "Press button below for two-minute address from University president...

Author: By Heather M. Townsend, | Title: Bok Says NoHo May Be Expanded | 11/30/1983 | See Source »

Flynn was equally gracious as he became the first native of South Boston to run city hall. Just before putting on King's RAINBOW COALITION button, Flynn promised that "the only special-interest groups will be the people and the neighborhoods in this city...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two Kinds of Racial Politics | 11/28/1983 | See Source »

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