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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...chance to see Rocky IV, the latest installment in what has become America's favorite myth. It takes more than cold weather to kill off a legend in the making. I consider elbowing to the front of the line to pick up my press tickets and head for a cup of coffee, but the people waiting at the ticket booth do not look like the sort who would believe me if I told them I had important business ahead: the cold may be stabbing, but at least it's not packing a knife...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: Stallone's Simplistic Struggle | 12/6/1985 | See Source »

This adaptation of the traditional baseball batter's helmet has two cup holders mounted on top of the hat which connect to the wearer's mouth with surgical hose. Fill the styrafoam cups, connect the hose and drinking becomes a hands-off matter...

Author: By Russ Muirhead, | Title: Entrepreneur Sells Drinking Helmet | 11/22/1985 | See Source »

Fish will begin his recruiting process when he attends the unofficial world junior championships, the Drysedale Cup, in London in January. At the tournament, he plans to talk to many of the national coaches, from whom he hopes to create an International Board of Advisors for the program...

Author: By Mark M. Robbins, | Title: Harvard Coach Sets Up Squash Program, Hopes to Tour U.S., Canada With Juniors | 11/6/1985 | See Source »

...token of his appreciation, Slive said that he gave a tin cup to each of the people who helped to make the miracle happen. "The tin cup was a symbol of the whole operation because we literally had to beg for money," Slive said...

Author: By Jennifer L. Mnookin, | Title: Sackler to Open Its Doors Today | 10/21/1985 | See Source »

Shaddy, fetching a cup of night crawlers from one of Georgia's new machines --"Is that pretty, or what?"--explained the process. Worms and other slithery kinds of bait are packaged in ventilated 8-oz. cups with a bedding of moist paper shot through with feed, fattener and conditioner. Minnows, goldfish and the like are in water-filled plastic bags with a chemical that slows their metabolism. "What kills them is their own waste. They pollute the water. The chemical slows them down in their movements, so to speak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Des Moines: Worms for Sale | 10/21/1985 | See Source »

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