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They were joking. I think.

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Distaff Distress | 8/11/1987 | See Source »

It is too simple to call Detroit Basketball Star Isiah Thomas the flip side of Campanis, though he squirmed similarly after endorsing a rookie teammate's view that the Boston Celtics' Larry Bird is a three-time MVP essentially because he is white. Later, Thomas claimed he was only joking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Complexities of Complexions | 6/22/1987 | See Source »

Such industriousness has been a boon for the troubled Times, the conservative newspaper owned by a group of Korean investors affiliated with the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church. Founded in 1982 as an alternative to what the Times has called the "town's 800-pound gorilla," the mighty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Underdog to an 800-Pound Gorilla | 6/15/1987 | See Source »

"We were joking about it. We think it's incredible," said Teresa L. Brownback '87, who lived at the co-op this year. She said the co-op members joked about setting up a table in the Freshman Union and saying "if you want fellowships, come to the Dudley Co...

Author: By Heather R. Mcleod, | Title: Studly Dudley | 6/10/1987 | See Source »

Yet the respectable is not necessarily the healthy. It is bad enough that Hart's personal life has captured our attention in the way that it has. It is far worse that nothing else can concern us in the same way. Richard Secord's joking reminder to the committee investigating...

Author: By Joshua H. Henkin, | Title: A DisHartened Country | 5/13/1987 | See Source »

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