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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that St. Bartholomew's Church in Manhattan does not permit construction of a 59-story office building on part of its landmark site. In Albany, Onassis met with legislators and Governor Mario Cuomo, 51. The high point of the trip was the plea that she made before a jam-packed legislature. "The future of New York City is bleak if the landmarks that mean so much to us and our children are stripped of their landmark status," she said. "If you cut people off from what nourishes them spiritually and historically, something within them dies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 20, 1984 | 2/20/1984 | See Source »

...Before a Jam-packed crowd there, though, the Crimson looked as if it just might shut down the offense that has become the surprise of the league Harvard turned a 31-28 Cornell halftime lead into a tie midway through the second half...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Cagers Lose Thriller at Cornell, 62-60; Loss Drops Harvard One Game Back | 2/6/1984 | See Source »

Across the U.S., the Arctic downdraft froze bodies of water large and small, sometimes with dire results. The Snake River in Idaho was stopped up by a ten-mile-long ice jam, threatening floods, and Louisiana's Red River froze up for the first time this century. Coast Guard cutters freed a dozen Lake Erie freighters stuck in 12-ft.-high windrows of ice, and on the frozen Mississippi River near Keokuk, Iowa, 30 towboats pushing about 430 grain barges are trapped until spring. In the shallow Gulf of Mexico bays from Galveston to Port Isabel, Texas, tens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unseasonably, Unreasonably Cold | 1/9/1984 | See Source »

...capella groups or had made up an original name for their group. It is misleading and unfair of the Lampoon to single out a specific group on campus and falsely advertise their upcoming event. It would be very unfortunate if some people were dissuaded from attending the Friday night jam because of the poor performance and poor taste of this Lampoon prank. Theresa Amato...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Too Phoolish | 12/8/1983 | See Source »

...table include kulebyaka, the glorious salmon pie described by Chekhov as "shameless in its nakedness, a temptation to sin"; pirozhki, the more plebeian meat or vegetable pies; kidney and dill pickle soup; Azerbaidzhan lamb patties; veal stew with cherries; Ukrainian honey cake; smetannik, a rich pie of sour cream, jam and nuts; and the celebrated Guriev kasha, a thickened compote of brandied fruits. To round out a Russian banquet, Goldstein provides instructions for a dozen deliciously flavored vodkas, and with them a toast to the meal: Eshte, eshte na zdorovye! Eat, eat to your health! -ByMichaelDemarest

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Old Cuisine Wins New Allure | 11/21/1983 | See Source »

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