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Thomas indicated that the idea is not as newfangled as people seem to think. The hair salon/travel agency phenomenon can be found all over England, where it was first launched by a failed airline company tycoon named Freddy Laker. But according to Thomas, a native of the Caribbean who speaks 5 languages and travels extensively throughout the world, Your Hair is the only enterprise of its kind in the United States...

Author: By Sunah N. Kim, | Title: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow | 11/18/1993 | See Source »

...March 4, Brown visits Harvard, a game thatcould resemble the classic mid-80's Laker-Celticclashes--one pushing the ball, one slowing itdown; one Showtime, one Slowtime...

Author: By Mayer Bick, | Title: Brown the Favorite | 11/13/1993 | See Source »

...best former Soviet players now wear the uniform of Lithuania. Drazen Petrovic and Vlade Divac led Yugoslavia to the silver medal at Seoul. This time, however, Yugoslavia as such has been banned from Barcelona. Petrovic, a New Jersey Net, will play for Croatia. Divac, a Los Angeles Laker and a Serb, will not be allowed to play. The Germans will be competitive; N.B.A. star Detlef Schrempf will make them so. And in Oscar Schmidt, the Brazilians have one of the game's best three-point shooters. But even if you put all these players on one squad, it would make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Basketball Are They Kidding? | 7/27/1992 | See Source »

...basically my childhood hero," said Ovalle. "As a kid, I watched him all the time and never missed a Laker game...

Author: By Yea-lan Chiang, | Title: Students Shocked By Magic's Exit From Basketball | 11/9/1991 | See Source »

...programming from U.S. radio and TV stations. The armed forces usually pay a small fee for entertainment, but scores of producers and show-biz executives are donating their programs. Both the Super Bowl and last week's Grammy Awards were beamed in live. Taped segments of Los Angeles Laker games, boxing and wrestling matches, and favorites like The Arsenio Hall Show have also been shown. Disney even paid for a musical special, headlined by singer Greenwood, whose patriotic anthem God Bless the USA is one of the songs most requested by the troops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Good Morning, Saudi Arabia | 3/4/1991 | See Source »

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