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Dennis Lckersley, who led the majors with 45 saves, got his second save of the series. Gene Nelson went one inning for the victory while Smith, who got out of a first-and-third jam in the eighth by retiring Canseco and Dave Parker on fly balls, took the loss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Athletics Freeze Out Red Sox, 4-3; Boston Hopes Rest With Boddicker | 10/7/1988 | See Source »

...figure of comfort in the White House? Despite the frequent critiques of his somber style, Dukakis seldom smiled during the debate, and when he did the display of teeth seemed forced. For his part, Bush seemed almost overbriefed, as he sometimes verged on incoherence in his efforts to jam as many debating points as possible in a two-minute answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Icy Duke Edges Out Bush in a Taut Debate | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

...starts hip-hopping urgently from foot to foot, and you know what that means. In the men's room there is no toilet paper. When Daddy asks for some, the woman at the customer-service desk eyes him as if he were just the sort of geek to jam the roll down the toilet, flush twice and drown everybody in the store. The toilet, it turns out, does not flush well anyway. Also there's no soap, and the sink has one of those faucets you have to keep pushing down, so there's not much water either. That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Washington: A Guide to Discomfort Stations | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

...their headquarters from New York City to Dallas and Orlando. Says Sigurd Grava, professor of urban planning at Columbia University: "Congestion can play an important role in the life and death of a city." When Oregon Governor Neil Goldschmidt, a former U.S. Transportation Secretary, got caught in a traffic jam in Seattle, he took the occasion to get out of his car and pass out his card to other stranded motorists, extending a tongue-in-cheek invitation to move to his less-crowded state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gridlock! Congestion on America's highways and runways | 9/12/1988 | See Source »

After returning from summer jaunts, many travelers are looking back in anger at odysseys through jam- packed freeways, bottlenecked bridges and overstuffed airports. But gridlock is more than just an irritant: the jam- up is costing the U. S. billions of dollars in lost time and wasted fuel. It has even begun to influence where people choose to live and work. See ECONOMY & BUSINESS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page: Sep.12, 1988 | 9/12/1988 | See Source »

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