Word: friends
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Terrence and Marie ("Babe") Duffy never missed an episode of Dallas, featuring their son Patrick as the newly revived character Bobby Ewing. "Usually Terry was working during the program," said Bobby Sutherlin, a close friend. "Babe would tape it so he could see it later." One wall of the Lounge, the Duffys' bar in Boulder, Mont. (pop. 1,500), was adorned with photographs of Patrick, 37, who left the former mining camp after high school to find fame on the top-rated nighttime soap...
...tragic story might be called "The Great Boesky." No amount of money seemed to convince him that he had finally arrived, even when his fortune reached $200 million or more. "He wanted so much to be accepted," says a friend, "and he thought money was the only way." Observes another: "He never realized that really making it means being at peace with yourself." Boesky has now suffered what he probably feared more than anything else: being portrayed as a fraudulent genius. "I always thought he was a rat," declares one investment banker. The disgrace kept welling up for Boesky last...
With the release of his new single "War," Springsteen tries again to get his message across. In a brief introduction, Bruce dedicates the song to teenagers and talks about the lack of information that he and his friends had about Vietnam. He warns them that "in 1985 blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed." The song describes war--"friend only to the undertaker"--as something less than...
Unfortunately, I had not seen my good friend in several weeks, since he had been dragged ignominiously from jail and deported. Apparently he was not an illegal immigrant so not protected by the general amnesty granted by Reagan. I had managed to convince the immigration people that I had no reason to be in America and was allowed to stay...
...lost to incumbent Maryland Republican Helen Delich Bentley, 41% to 59%.) Kennedy has been faulted for his impulsive nature; he is no intellectual and appears unreflective. "Clearly, he's not a great thinker," says one longtime Massachusetts political observer. "But he makes up for it by doing." A close friend notes, "He's incredibly competitive. Imagine racing him in a 100-yard dash with a brick wall at the 101st yard. I'd start slowing down at the 90th yard, but Joe will run full tilt to win the race, even though he is certain to hit the wall...