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The Assertiveness Training Group, a descendant of the bureau's "Shy Group" offered last year, focuses more on confidence-building strategies.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Confidence-Building Seminars Offered | 11/8/1985 | See Source »

Although previous family ties to Harvard are considered, Evans said, being a descendant of a Harvard/Radcliffe alumnus "can heal the sick, not raise the dead."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: How to Get Into Harvard: Admissions Officer Tells All | 10/26/1985 | See Source »

If David Bowie in his next movie looks like a wild-haired descendant of Cookie Monster and Chewbacca the wookie, well, in a manner of speaking, he is. The versatile rocker has just finished shooting Labyrinth, a $25 million gothic fantasy directed by Muppets Creator Jim Henson and overseen by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 23, 1985 | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

She was christened Alcyone, after the daughter of the Greek god of wind, but the ancient Greeks never saw her like. The sailing ship harnesses the wind with a superefficient system of cylindrical aluminum "turbo sails." The 72- ton vessel also has engines and was developed by Neptune's modern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 1, 1985 | 7/1/1985 | See Source »

Most grandmothers would faint at the very idea of finding a granddaughter in the centerfold pages of Playboy magazine. But when Karen Velez, 24, appeared as last December's Playmate of the Month, Doris Newman, 73, felt only pride. After all, it was Granny Newman who had encouraged Velez to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 8, 1985 | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

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