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...ambushed outside their hotel room by Hong Kong Standard Correspondent Leonel Borralho. A long scuffle with Penn and bodyguards ensued, after which Borralho sued for $1 million. Two days later, reporters on stakeout took off after the couple, and the resulting car chase created a huge traffic jam, with bystanders cheering Madonna on. The pair finally consented to a photo session, though Penn sacked his publicity agent for failing "to keep the press from us." They are scheduled to leave this week, and the case against Penn will be tried without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 3, 1986 | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

...into The Right Stuff; and even then he never really put his finger on it. But it took only 60 minutes a week for Star Trek to illustrate those values: loyalty to friends (how many times had Kirk risked his ship to pull Scottie or Bones out of a jam?), an almost reckless disregard for personal safety, and commitment to self-selected duty. These are the values reflected in the equilibrium between Spock's cold-blooded logic and Dr. McCoy's mercurial emotionalism...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Challenger's Mistaken Enterprise | 2/1/1986 | See Source »

...people who designed Store 24 aren't the same ones who have to deal with the hordes of customers who jam the place each night...

Author: By Richard L. Meyer and Russ Muirhead, S | Title: Munching Past Midnight at the Store 24 | 12/14/1985 | See Source »

Following the Beast Jam, Garcia began Space, a section of the show devoted to musical self-expression. In Space, each band member goes his own way, while staying in step with the thematical and musical tone of the moment. Space can be both beautiful and boring, but it is always different, a mark of the band's adventuresome style...

Author: By Adam Schwartz, | Title: Night of Living | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

...hubbub began last week with an unusual announcement. According to Georgina Dufoix, France's Minister of Social Affairs, an important discovery had been made that offered "reasonable hope" in the treatment of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. At a jam-packed press conference later the same day, three scientists from Laennec Hospital in Paris reported that they had found a drug treatment that produced "a spectacular biological response" in AIDS patients. Such a response, said Dr. Philippe Even, who headed the team, "has never been observed before." The name of this magical potion was unexpectedly familiar: cyclosporine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Furor Over an AIDS Announcement | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

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