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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this illusory compact is shattered in 1781, when Mozart arrives at the court of Emperor Joseph II. The older musician is at once disgusted by Mozart, who seems a spoiled self-important adolescent. When Mozart chase a giggly female companion into a room where Salieri is sneaking pastries, Italian composer inadvertently overhears the two exchange infantile jokes. "Say 'say I'm sick backwards," the musical prodigy insists, his words punctuated by an obnoxious high pitched giggle...

Author: By Holly A. Idelson, | Title: God's Music From an Obscene Child | 9/22/1984 | See Source »

...recruits are: Kyle Dodson, a 6-ft., 4-in., 205-lb. forward/guard from West Orange, N.J.; Bill Mohler, a 6-ft., 8-in., 215-lb. forward from Chevy Chase, Md.; Eric Wanta, a 6-ft., 8-in., 210-lb. forward from Greendale, Wisc.; and Scott Wolf, a 6-ft., 8-in., 205-lb. forward from Ellicott City...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: A Look at the Class of '88 | 9/17/1984 | See Source »

...Harvard is able to hand-pick its students to a degree unmatched by any other law school. And very few people turn down an offer to join the original paper chase...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: Setting off on the Chase | 9/13/1984 | See Source »

Relationships between surrogate mothers and their employers vary widely. At the National Center for Surrogate Parenting, an agency in Chevy Chase, Md., the two parties never meet. At the opposite extreme is the case of Marilyn Johnston, 31, of Detroit. Johnston and the couple who hired her became so close during her pregnancy that they named their daughter after her. She continues to make occasional visits to see the child she bore and says, "I feel like a loving aunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A Surrogate's Story | 9/10/1984 | See Source »

...through its credit operation and its Allstate Insurance division, which was founded in 1931, as well as a Sears Savings Bank in Glendale, Calif. But the new subsidiaries put Sears squarely into the mad swirl of financial services. Sears intends to compete not only with banks like Citicorp and Chase Manhattan but also with Merrill Lynch and American Express in offering services like lending and selling stock. Last year the Sears financial-services divisions earned $703 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sear's Sizzling New Vitality | 8/20/1984 | See Source »

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