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Despite the subsidies, many businessmen who bought minor-league teams back in the mid-1970s had a hard time turning profits. Recalls Stan Naccarato, president of the Tacoma Tigers: "Some of those owners couldn't sell $10 bills for a dime." They were happy just to kick the dirt in the dugout and scout the next Nolan Ryan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bonanza In The Bushes | 8/1/1988 | See Source »

...need a dime...to catch the National Folk Festival, which opens in Lowell this Friday. Hear the traditional tunes of Wayne Troups and Zydecajun and other folk groups, sponsored by the National Council for the Traditional Arts. Also at the festival--arts and crafts workshops featuring folk craftsmen. Admission is free. Telephone 508-459-1000 for information...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT IS TO BE DONE | 7/29/1988 | See Source »

Cuts on that scale cannot be carried out by any nickel-and-dime process. The U.S. will have to reassess its commitments around the world, rethinking basic military strategy and the weapons systems needed to carry it out. The $300 billion budget for fiscal 1989, now in Senate-House conference, gives only a mild taste of what is ahead. To get within those limits, Carlucci will, among other things, retire a Poseidon ballistic-missile submarine, two Air Force wings (total: 144 planes) and 620 Army helicopters, and scale back the proposed number of men and women in uniform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bringing The Pentagon to Heel | 6/20/1988 | See Source »

...levels from simple arithmetic to algebra, are not all that tough. A typical base-level question: Which of these numbers is closest to 30? 20, 28, 34 or 40? A top-level question asks: Suppose you have ten coins and have at least one each of a quarter, a dime, a nickel and a penny. What is the least amount of money you could have? Kids who cannot handle such penny-ante stuff are undoubtedly in deep trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Flunking Grade in Math | 6/20/1988 | See Source »

GRAHAM PARKER: THE MONA LISA'S SISTER (RCA). New tunes as tough and tender as a dime novel. Parker hasn't released an album since 1985, but this one makes up for a lot of lost time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: May 30, 1988 | 5/30/1988 | See Source »

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