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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bookends: Sep. 7, 1987 | 9/7/1987 | See Source »

...have regained control of the Senate and the White House's power has been weakened by Iranscam, business finds itself on the defensive. Corporate lobbyists are fighting a bevy of labor-supported bills that might be beneficial to workers but would impose new costs and burdens on corporations. Says Dirk Van Dongen, president of the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (N.A.W.): "It is real warfare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporate Angst on Capitol Hill | 6/22/1987 | See Source »

...before Rybakov could tackle it, he built a successful career as a children's novelist, winning praise for his first novel, The Dirk, in 1950 and following it with a sequel, The Bronze Bird, in 1956. Next came two more teen stories, The Adventures of Krosh and Krosh's Vacation, written in the early 1960s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Tales from a Time of Terror | 4/27/1987 | See Source »

NEWS HAMPSHIRE (63)--James Best 10-0--20; Greg Steel 3-3--9; Dirk Koopman 1-2--4; Rodney Johnson 1-1--3; Todd Black 0-0--0; Ty Bridge 2-2-6; And Johnson 3-1--7, Pat Galvin 0-0--0; Ted DiGrande 5-0--10, Keith Hinderlie 1-0--2; Marshall Tait...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: Undefeated Cagers Edge UNH, 69-63 | 12/5/1984 | See Source »

...inches higher than the winning Olympic vault. Five world records were achieved in the pool. "The water is fast here," said one Soviet fan, and 6-ft. 4-in. Sergei Zabolotnov proved it. In the 200-meter backstroke, he defeated the European record holder, East Germany's Dirk Richter, in a world record time of 1:58.41 sec., slicing more than half a second off the record held by the U.S.'s Rick Carey, who took the gold in the event at Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Showcases for the No-Shows | 9/3/1984 | See Source »

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