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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Except for a sudden dash across the sky by Halley's comet--which appears about as often as the Patriots do in the Super Bowl--not much is going to deter 90 million Americans from watching the big game this Sunday...

Author: By Daniel B. Wroblewski, | Title: Watching the Super Bowl: A Constitutional Right | 1/22/1986 | See Source »

...sparring between Volz and Edwards was at times hotter than a dash of Tabasco. "You issued subpoenas by the sackload, and we hauled documents in here by the truckload," the Governor bristled, "and you have not produced a single witness or a solitary piece of evidence to contradict what I've said!" When Volz harped on Edwards' omission of the hospital deals on two financial disclosure forms, the Governor claimed that he had simply failed to mention it to his accountant. "So you forgot!" thundered Volz. "I didn't forget," said Edwards. "That implies a conscious attempt to remember...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Louisiana: We Hit the Jackpot | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

Ever struggling for the perfect angle, Neil Leifer has made sports photography something of a sport itself. So it may be a spirit of fraternity that lends dash to his portrait gallery of athletes in Neil Leifer's Sports Stars (Doubleday; 256 pages; $35). The longtime photographer for SPORTS ILLUSTRATED and TIME does justice both to basketball's Nate Archibald airborne and to baseball's Casey Stengel in repose. He gets deep inside the tangles of the football field. And when he photographs Mary Lou Retton, he catches her in mid-bounce, all flags flying. Athletics were always like this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Glowing Celebrations of Nature, History and Art 21 Volumes Make a Shelf of Season's Readings | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

...Weiner '88 faced a crisis when he ran out of typing paper while writing for his next day's tutorial. But a quick dash to the store solved his dilemma...

Author: By Richard L. Meyer and Russ Muirhead, S | Title: Munching Past Midnight at the Store 24 | 12/14/1985 | See Source »

...visitors' strong showing in the field events kept them close. Ray Hawkins' victory in the 55-meter dash, and George Grant's triumph in the 800 put the Eagles ahead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thinclads Cruise Past Eagles | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

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