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...stumbled back to the bench, I could see Olivieri throw his helmet from third. The coach threw his clipboard. My fellow Dunkin' Donuts threw their hats...

Author: By Andrew J. Sussman, | Title: Thanks for the Memories | 11/1/1986 | See Source »

...almost enough to take one back to the days when Gerald Ford fell off a plane ramp and Americans began wondering about their President. Had he forgotten to wear his football helmet back in college? Could he walk and chew gum at the same time? First, Ford nonchalantly knocked a tape recorder off the lectern while making a speech. Next, he and Edward Bennett Williams crashed into each other as the Washington attorney was leaving the podium. Once when a plate smashed to the floor, Ford's spokesman Bob Barrett took the microphone to tell the room, "That wasn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pratfalls of the Presidency | 9/29/1986 | See Source »

...when Gerald Ford was king,/ We were bored with everything./ Unemployment 6%./ What a boring President./ Nothing major needed fixin'/ So he pardoned Richard Nixon." House Speaker Tip O'Neill is coming from the capital. Mercifully, he promises not to sing. Ford will wander in with his old football helmet under his arm, the one Lyndon Johnson claimed Ford never wore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Wit and Wisdom | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

...Commentator David, teaches an oversubscribed course on the Viet Nam War and a lecture series in American history. He does so with such fine basic organization that students claim their notes write themselves. Physics Professor Gerald Holton has punctuated his lecture on dynamics and energy by strapping on a helmet, jumping into a go-cart powered by a fire extinguisher and jetting out through a swinging door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Happy Birthday, Fair Harvard! | 9/8/1986 | See Source »

...their partners to use them. Says Deborah Agre of the Coalition for the Medical Rights of Women: "Women feel they can more legitimately ask, if not demand, that men take responsibility." Manufacturers of this vintage prophylactic have been quick to take note of shifting attitudes. Trojans has downplayed its helmet logo to emphasize mood scenes featuring romantic couples. Mentor and Lady Protex are new brands packaged specifically for women and sold next to tampons, sanitary pads and douches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: Birth Control: Vanishing Options | 9/1/1986 | See Source »

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