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Florence Griffith Joyner has always looked sensational on the track. In the 1984 Olympic trials she glistened in shimmering bodysuits, earning the nickname "Fluorescent Flo." In the Los Angeles Games, in which she won a silver medal in the 200 meters, she flaunted 6-in. fingernails, which didn't cause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: For Speed and Style, Flo with the Go | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

Never having been to a race--never, even, having watched the Indianapolis 500 on television--I didn't know what to expect. A bunch of cars whizzing around a giant track, I guessed.

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Summer in Richmond Shaded in Gray | 9/16/1988 | See Source »

In Huntington, Quayle admitted, "I ((did)) what any normal person would do at that age. You call home. You call home to Mother and Father and say, 'I'd like to get into the National Guard.' " The only difference was that Quayle's parents were not quite Ma and Pa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Republicans:The Quayle Quagmire | 8/29/1988 | See Source »

Quayle's upbringing was almost as charmed as Bush's. Born in Indianapolis into the Pulliam publishing family, whose newspapers rank 18th in circulation nationwide and whose fortune is estimated at somewhere above $1 billion, Quayle moved to Arizona when his father took over public relations for part of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Republicans Family, Golf and Politics | 8/29/1988 | See Source »

The aggressive U.S. delegation, which held a disproportionate 25% of the voting power (though it represents only 4% of the world's Anglicans), worked fervently to promote the women's cause. Dozens of Americans and Canadians refused to celebrate Communion services while in England, where women are not allowed to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Will Anglicanism Muddle Through? | 8/22/1988 | See Source »

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