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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...here, I swept the sidewalk after we closed," he recalls. "People thought I was strange, but now everyone does the same." Lam Ton's newest project is to build an arch over Argyle Street in honor of the immigrants who live and work there. "I will call it Freedom Gate," he says, "and it will have ocean waves with hands holding a freedom torch on top. It will represent not just the Vietnamese but all the minorities who have come here. Just look down Broadway. That guy is Indian, next to him is a Greek, next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Changing Face of America: Just Look Down Broadway | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

...novel The Natural into a legend inscribed in fireworks. As for Clint Eastwood, cited in a recent Roper poll as the nation's No. 1 hero, impersonating mere humans is no longer a challenge. So in Pale Rider, Hollywood's first big-time, straight-faced western since Heaven's Gate, Eastwood plays God, or maybe Death. With his gritty stare and stubble, he looks like both, warmed over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Some Sideshows of Summer | 7/1/1985 | See Source »

...then again, it is a scientific fact that nine out of 10 burglars are never admitted to Harvard, so maybe this gate-locking policy is working...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Ambidextrous | 6/28/1985 | See Source »

...takes a lot of smarts to figure out why Harvard has such a strange Yard-entry policy. Maybe the phrase atop the gate should read "To Enter, Grow in Wisdom." Then again, since you can only get into the Yard through the wide gates, the phrase should read "To Enter in Wisdom, Grow...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Ambidextrous | 6/28/1985 | See Source »

SHOULD YOU MANAGE to get into the Yard, upon attempting to leave through Dexter Gate, you will find that it says "Depart to Serve Better Thy Country and Thy Kind...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Ambidextrous | 6/28/1985 | See Source »

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