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...Hall of Famer.' The only time I ever get that excited is the night before I'm going to go fishing or hunting." Within a few days, he was blithely enjoying two- and four-hit games, and by last week he was crashing home runs, including a 475-footer judged the longest (by 3 ft.) ever hit in Royals Stadium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bo's Going to Follow His Dream | 9/29/1986 | See Source »

...first person to report that something was amiss was Guide Mike Branham, 40, a strapping six-footer who each spring flies a pontoon plane full of bear hunters into a cove on Russell Fjord, in Alaska's southeastern panhandle. This year he discovered that things had changed: Hubbard Glacier was on the move -- at a most unglacial pace of about 40 ft. per day. "We saw the glacier advance like it never had before," says Branham. That was in April. Within weeks, the leading edge of ice had sealed off the fjord at its opening, turning the 32-mile-long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Alaska's Speeding Glacier | 9/1/1986 | See Source »

...Beach, Nfld., was about six miles from land last week when crew members noticed unusual blips on the radar screen. Captain Gus Dalton changed course to investigate and soon came upon two lifeboats packed with passengers. Realizing that he could not squeeze all of them onto his 55-footer, Dalton radioed two other fishing craft in the area. The three boats loaded up and headed for the provincial capital of St. John's. On the way they met a Canadian fisheries patrol boat, which took on the 146 men, four women and five children and brought them to shore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High Seas a Twice-Told Tale with a Twist | 8/25/1986 | See Source »

...Texan who is happy to send clients a "clothesmobile" staffed with a fitter. South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa is equally posh. Yachts and other pleasure craft are so numerous that dock space in Newport Beach's harbor rents for as much as $300 a month for a 30-footer. Local Mercedes Dealer Jim Slemons has doubled his business in four years and stocks eight acres of cars. In a branch of his Beverly Hills boutique, Clothier Alan Austin reflects on this Riviera's conspicuous consumers: "They have the money, and they're not afraid to spend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Orange Riviera | 8/18/1986 | See Source »

...dumplings last week, though Dominican-born Mary Joe Fernandez, the latest model in a Florida baseliner, made a bright 6-4, 6-1 impression on the prototype. "It's been a while," smiled Chris, "since I played a 14-year-old." Pam Shriver, 23, an affable six-footer who has waited most patiently for Navratilova and Lloyd to clear the stage, cannot bear to look in the wings. "There's only one thing to do," she sighed after also exiting early, "take John away from Chris and start a family." The newspapers were back in business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Going, Going, Gone At Wimbledon | 7/7/1986 | See Source »

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