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...black eye, $1,428 for a broken nose, $2,940 for a fractured jaw and as much as $13,440 for a serious facial scar. Said Home Office Minister John Patten: "I am anxious that the victims get a better deal." As for the bad guys, sock it to 'em...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Socking It to The Bad Guys | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

...more question. Why would Thompson bring a defensive-minded team to a shoot-'em-up Olympics? Didn't he know that the other countries were bringing guys who could make 30 footers...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Dear John... | 9/30/1988 | See Source »

...fleet of flags and a parade of nations, ancient drums and modern skydivers, the torch, the oath, 88 trumpeters, 144 robots, 2,400 pigeons, 13,600 athletes. Count 'em...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Viewer's Guide | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...hyperactive performance at his own investiture was criticized by many as more appropriate for a game-show host than for a would-be Vice President. He bounded across the podium, waving his arms, grabbing Bush's shoulder (the Vice President recoiled) and shouting meaningless phrases like "Go get 'em!" But many Bush advisers thought that Quayle's energy made the Vice President look like a Reaganesque elder statesman in comparison. Bush agreed. The next morning he said to an aide, "Don't let anyone try to put Dan in a straitjacket or slow him down. Let him be himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Republicans:The Quayle Quagmire | 8/29/1988 | See Source »

...tacky nightclub owner named Ellis (Caroline Bicks), Ella t' a slick lawyer who's th' head zombie (Ethan Mintz). This sounds like th' set-up for a farce, n' it would be if everyone wasn't so serious n' aware of th' future about t' crash down on 'em like a watermelon on an anthill...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Just a Story About Some Cowboys | 7/19/1988 | See Source »

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