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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...born singer out to avenge her slain husband. She becomes a seductress-spy, inducing enemy generals to reveal war secrets. Not content with being the star and co-executive producer, Collins, 53, makes her singing debut, rendering The Last Time I Saw Paris in her patented libidinous tones. "I chose the song because it was the most popular number in 1939," says Collins, nostalgically if not accurately (the song was written in 1940). "It was especially apropos because it has a double meaning." Seems that despite the efforts of a writer (George Hamilton), Collins remains loyal to her dead husband...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 28, 1986 | 7/28/1986 | See Source »

...conglomerate in the 1960s, has been in an agonizing decline since 1981, the last year it made a profit. Now desperately short of cash after losing more than $1.5 billion, the company chose bankruptcy because it saw no prospect for a fast turnaround in the U.S. steel industry's epic slump. The company will operate in Chapter 11 for an estimated 1 1/2 to four years, shielded from creditors to whom it owes more than $4 billion, while it tries to overhaul its steel operations. Declared Chairman Raymond Hay: "We are fully confident that we will emerge from Chapter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shaken to the Bottom Line | 7/28/1986 | See Source »

Decorating the park will be the winner of a Cambridge Arts Council contest. They chose the creation of local artist Carlos Dorrien, who made a granite sculpture "shaped like an imaginary cornerstone, like an archaeological remnant," said Lori Poklop of the Cambridge Arts Council...

Author: By Maia E. Harris, | Title: Area Parks Receive Verdant Makeover | 7/22/1986 | See Source »

After opting for Stanford two years ago, Spence wrote letters to Harvard's admissions, finanical aids and housing offices notifying them of her decision. She even received a form letter back from Cambridge querying her why she chose the Stanford Graduate School of Business Administration...

Author: By James D. Solomon, | Title: Mystery Business School Student Revealed | 7/11/1986 | See Source »

More than 75 Summer School students in the Secondary School Program chose to explore the former option last night and gathered in the mosquito-ridden Greenhouse Cafe for a forum on applying to and living at Harvard...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: How to Be a Harvard Student | 7/8/1986 | See Source »

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