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...former Senate majority leader from Tennessee decided to call it quits. The lights are still burning at the White House. But with Baker scheduled to depart on July 1 and evening shadows fast gathering around the Reagan presidency, some in Washington are wondering who will be there to flick the switches next January...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: So Who's Minding the Lights? | 6/27/1988 | See Source »

Made by Aqua Buoy of West Germany, the wristband contains a carbon-dioxide cartridge and a tightly folded nylon bag and 16-in. cord. When someone wearing it runs into trouble, he can flick a lever on the wristband, triggering the cartridge to inflate the pillow. Priced at $30, the 4-oz. device is selling briskly in sporting-goods stores...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INNOVATIONS: Buoy Wonder Makes Waves | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

Harvard wasn't able to get on the scoreboard until late in the second quarter. Midfielder Robert Griffith took a pass from attackmen Steve Lux. With a flick of his wrist he quickly erased the goose egg with one minute remaining...

Author: By Nicholas N. Branca, | Title: Nationally-Ranked Laxmen Roughed Up | 4/21/1988 | See Source »

True to form, the members selected one "arty" film. Hope and Glory is a fine movie without a snowball's chance in hell of winning. Unlike Chariots of Fire, the Academy's last successful arty flick, it doesn't even have a hit song...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: And the Winner Is.... | 4/8/1988 | See Source »

...years ago, the Harvard hockey team came one flick of the wrist away from immortality...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Days When Michigan State Was Champion | 3/18/1988 | See Source »

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