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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have read about how in the last Boston-Quebec game, beer sales jumped every time there was a fight on the ice. Conversely, the lack of fighting on the ice may make people buy less beer...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Advertisers' Big Bucks Changing the Face of Most Sports | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

...controversial Supreme Court nominee would step down from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. In his resignation letter, Bork stated that he wants the time and freedom to rebut charges of right-wing zealotry that liberal lobbying groups fired at him last year during his unsuccessful Senate confirmation fight. "This was a public campaign of miseducation," wrote Bork, "to which, as a sitting federal judge, I felt I could not publicly respond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Judiciary: Bork: I'm No Bench Warmer | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

...question now is how soon Sony, which acquired CBS Records two weeks ago, will put Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson and all the other CBS stars on DAT. Sony is in an awkward position because CBS record executives have been leaders in the music industry's fight against DAT. They fear that home taping will ruin their lucrative CD business. As a modest concession to the recording industry's concerns, several DAT manufacturers are considering a special electronic system called Solo in their machines. Consumers will be able to make a digital tape of a compact disc but will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hello Dat: A new audiotape is on the way | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

HRAAA is not technically a membership organization. There are no dues. It is an open association, reliant on the good will and donated time and money of any and all persons who want to fight apartheid through pursuit of divestment and other appropriate means. It is puzzling how Tina E. Smith '83 could "resign" from such an assemblange or, more pointedly, from a group she walked out on over a year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Concerning Allegations of Racism in the AAA | 1/22/1988 | See Source »

Hours earlier, leaders of the Democratic fight against renewed aid to the Contras said a new infusion of military supplies would escalate the Central American conflict "with results we could neither predict nor control...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reagan to Push for More Contra Aid | 1/20/1988 | See Source »

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