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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Asked for comment, Brown Associate Provost John Quinn said that "we have been close to the bottom of the Ivy League list for quite some time. For a number of years, we squeezed ahead of Dartmouth, but I guess we've slipped right past them again...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Be a Harvard Professor: You'll Earn Big Bucks | 1/17/1986 | See Source »

...hell out of post- Pearl Harbor morale. "My wife is always saying 'What's wrong with you?' " Cole went on. "You see, every time I hear a B-25 or a C-147, I know what it is. It has something to do with the inner ear, I guess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Scene | 1/17/1986 | See Source »

...line that America is tired of the same old teams in the limelight, well, I guess that's right. Ratings for a nationally televised Cavalier-Maverick championship game would approach ratings for a Celtic-Laker championship tussle...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Pats-Miami: Two Hometown Boys Square Off... | 1/10/1986 | See Source »

Another area of concern is that GE might interfere with NBC News. On that score Welch offered reassurance. Said he: "The traditional independence of NBC's news operations will be maintained." Nor is GE likely to second-guess Tinker's judgment about what TV shows Americans will be watching. Tinker welcomed the merger, suggesting that GE's financial resources would help NBC in the battle of the networks. "We had a supportive parent in RCA," he said, "and now we'll gain an even stronger parent." Of course, NBC is merely returning to the parent that helped nurture it more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Reunion of Technological Titans | 12/23/1985 | See Source »

...started by investigating the man himself. FBI files show that there is no "Santa Claus" living anywhere in North America. The one "Chris Cringle" I was able to locate is an inmate in a Flat Pig, Missouri, insane asylum. Perhaps Santa lives in the North Pole, you say. Guess again. Military satellite photos of the icecap have shown no evidence of Santa's workshop anywhere above the 66th parallel. A brief glimmer of hope for believers occurred in 1958, when a NATO radar team on patrol spotted a large mansion and toy factory. However, experts soon discovered this "Christmas Kingdom...

Author: By Ben N. Smith, | Title: Santa No Longer A Secret | 12/17/1985 | See Source »

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