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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard saw its first-half lead, 3-0, whittled away by Army, but thanks to tremendous goaltending by senior Greg Beber, was tied 6-6 with one minute remaining. Thirty seconds later, Bentley set up in the hole and fired a back-hand flip into goal for the apparent game-winner...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Aquamen Gain National Recognition at Ivies | 10/18/1988 | See Source »

...Seltzer is not able to maintain a crucial balance: the one that his script intends between his two stars. Field is, as always, coolly expert, but with as much mystery about her as a bottle of Mop & Glo. Hanks, on the other hand, is our reigning master of desperate expediency. His amuck parody of Gene Kelly's Singin' in the Rain number goes into realms beyond performance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Knockdown Duel | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

...pivotal role in bringing Gorbachev to power in 1985, his recent public statements suggested that he was lukewarm about too much glasnost. If Chebrikov's new job makes him a watchdog over the activities of the Soviet security forces, his position may have been strengthened. On the other hand, as the Central Committee's new law-and-order secretary, he must deliver on Politburo promises to turn the Soviet Union into a nation "governed by law." Otherwise, he could be trampled in the next leadership shuffle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Perestroika Hits the KGB | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

...morning of Oct. 20 that I became truly frightened. The market, on that day, ceased to exist. One major stock after another was closed and could not be traded. With other markets around the world in a similar state of panic, a major financial crisis was obviously at hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: The Crash, One Year Later | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

...just two decades ago, is a bloated red-light area studded with 256 hotels. Indeed, the metaphor of selling out is given flesh by the embarrassing statistics of Thailand's sex trade: perhaps 250,000 women in Bangkok alone respond to the siren call of a business that goes hand-in-hand with tourism. And the get-rich-quick promise that tourists embody has also led to shadier enterprises: Thailand is already famous for its pickpockets, smugglers and heroin dealers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: The Smiling Lures Of Thailand | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

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