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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first day's score as tallied by Reagan's experts: no runs, no hits, no errors for anyone. Yet even then there was a vague feeling that North might prove to be a good gorilla, a polite but strangely muscular force unleashed by the unsuspecting investigators in their midst...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Yes, Reagan Was Watching | 7/20/1987 | See Source »

Such industriousness has been a boon for the troubled Times, the conservative newspaper owned by a group of Korean investors affiliated with the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church. Founded in 1982 as an alternative to what the Times has called the "town's 800-pound gorilla," the mighty -- and liberal -- Washington Post, the five-day-a-week paper has not entirely erased its image as a "Moonie" sheet tainted by its owners' politics. Still, the Times has gained a place at some of the capital's most powerful breakfast tables, and is among the few newspapers that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Underdog to an 800-Pound Gorilla | 6/15/1987 | See Source »

...trouble was that the studio wanted more hand. We spent close to a million dollars on this series of hands -- 40 or 50 of them. It was as if you had to be a mechanic to make this movie. It's better to work with a shark or a gorilla, because you have more space. But a hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oliver Stone: My Brilliant Career | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

...xpresssions. Add a littlejiggle to your favorite nutcracker's jingle.Dynamic Nassir's male and female dancers willbounce and sway for as little as $40. For thoseunder 21, a gorilla or clown will bring holidaycheer to any Harvard house...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: 26 Ways to Say `Merry Christmas' | 12/5/1986 | See Source »

...largest in artificial tickers. She also arranges a blind date with a brown-haired lovely called Lady Kong. "He gives up on the (human) girls this time," notes Hamilton with a trace of relief. "He falls in love with a woman his own size." Having finally met the gorilla of his dreams, Kong gives up his swinging ways long enough to become something of a family man. The result: a 7-ft., 200-lb. bundle of joy known as -- kitschy- kitschy-koo -- Baby Kong. Can the television series be far off? Meet The Kongs, the wackiest, hairiest, fun-lovingest family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 3, 1986 | 11/3/1986 | See Source »

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