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...bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!" Because radio shows had to be performed by real people, and because Actor Bud Collyer demanded a vacation, the writers invented the Kryptonite meteorite. For two weeks, all that was heard of Superman was muffled moaning from a closet, until Collyer returned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Up, Up and Awaaay!!! | 3/14/1988 | See Source »

...time for the First Amendment to come out of the closet," Floyd Abrams, an attorney who represents The New York Times, told an Ames Courtroom audience yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Expert Judges 1st Amendment Interpretations | 3/3/1988 | See Source »

They knew that the Quad is just as close to the Science Center as Mather and Dunster. They were aware of the Quad's most spacious and elegant living accommodations. While Riverlings are crammed into closet-sized doubles, we at the Quad enjoy space, space, and more space. Most residents have singles in newly renovated suites that include skylights, carpeting, private baths, saunas, room service from Floyd's Soho Grille, and a view of the expansive Radcliffe Quad, which is filled with content residents skipping with joy to their classes...

Author: By William Pao, | Title: Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous? | 3/1/1988 | See Source »

Long derided as a symbol of button-down regimentation fit for only a nerd or an IBM lifer, white shirts are back in style. At Wilkes Bashford, San Francisco's tony clothiers, sales have boomed as executives invest in convenience. "A line of white shirts in the closet is comforting to face when you're in a hurry," observes Salesman Jay Haley. "They go with everything, so you can just pull them out of the closet with no fuss and bam! you're out the door looking good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: It's Hip, It's Safe, It's Back | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...mutilates us all. We've got to be angry and sad and even afraid, and from these feelings we have to get the inspiration to transform ourselves and society. The personal and the political are, indeed, one, which means that each of us has his or her own skeleton closet to unpack. Please, don't wait another day. Iris Bennett...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Appalling Attitude Toward Rape | 2/20/1988 | See Source »

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