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Hart Plaza, the two-block esplanade on the Detroit River that connects the Joe Louis Arena and the gleaming silos of the Renaissance Center, became a kind of urban village green. As delegates strolled by, hawkers peddled goods ranging from elephant baseball hats to Ronald Reagan dolls. Exotic odors of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Grand Old Party for the G.O.P. | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

Sellers loved gadgets, too. He once owned a garage laid with 500 feet of model railroad track. He bought more than 50 cars in his day, and loved his Rolls-Royce as much as the next guy. His prized toy was a life-sized mechanical elephant.

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Peter Sellers 1925-1980 | 7/25/1980 | See Source »

Not that he rode the elephant for sport. To stay in shape, Sellers did a stint as vice-president of the London Judo Club and was never one to skip a few innings at the Marylbone Cricket Club. But soon the heart attacks started coming, the first in 1964, and...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Peter Sellers 1925-1980 | 7/25/1980 | See Source »

In an attempt to anticipate rising costs closer to home, the three schools in the Medical Area jacked up their tuition for next year between 15 and 20 per cent. At the Medical School, where tuition went up 20 per cent, Mitchell L. Adams '66, dean for finance and business...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Burning Up Harvard's Money | 6/5/1980 | See Source »

Blackstone! is, in short, an updated version of a show that has been delighting audiences for years. Forget the fact that the dances look as if they had been choreographed by the quarterback of the Los Angeles Rams. Forget, too, the fact that the corn in Blackstone's patter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Pure Magic | 6/2/1980 | See Source »

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