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Stupid Question of the Week: "Were you happy with the save?"--reporter at Sunday's post-game press conference to Hall, referring to his amazing one-fisted block that sent the game into overtime.

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Sour Grapes in the Aftermath of an Overtime Thriller | 11/20/1987 | See Source »

Just one year ago, the London Stock Exchange celebrated Big Bang, the introduction of computerized and deregulated stock trading. The anniversary last week was a Big Bath. Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson complained that he did not know why London "should be following Wall Street quite so slavishly." Samuel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Crash: Ups And Downs in the Global Village | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

"It's up to you, Mr. City Manager, a two-fisted City Manager, to walk into the doors of Harvard and say, 'come on, get out with it.'... Beef up the bill! Add a one to that eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars! Make it one million, eight hundred and...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: Campaign Rhetoric Bashes Universities | 9/29/1987 | See Source »

This is where Matewan hits pay dirt. As a union Judas, Bob Gunton pours cautious reason into the miners' ears, then sets Joe up for a fall -- a fine, taut, implosive job. And Kevin Tighe plays a company enforcer with a tight smile who has seen all the evil in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Life As A Bed of Coal MATEWAN | 9/14/1987 | See Source »

After Meese's stolidity and forgetfulness, Don Regan came across as a refreshing model of candor and good humor. In the days before his ouster five months ago, Regan was denigrated as an iron-fisted martinet whose poor advice to the President had only worsened the scandal. But Regan gave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Very Difficult to Accept | 8/10/1987 | See Source »

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