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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Michael Leon Carr is the best at his position in the history of the National Basketball Association. His position is the end of the bench, not far from the end of the line. "But it isn't just a bench," he insists. "It's the Boston Celtics' bench. It's a throne." To say the least, this attitude annoys opposing fans, who are used to brooders at the ends of benches. And the fans are right to be bothered by M.L. Carr, worrying his white towel at them like a red cloth at a bull. Even more than Larry Bird...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Sharing of the Green | 6/10/1985 | See Source »

...leather flight jacket from Navy Secretary John Lehman, presented on the 40th anniversary of a bombing raid in which Bush was shot down at sea near Iwo Jima. In the self-improvement category, Bush received a 29-volume history of Ecuador (in Spanish), presented to him by President Leon Febres Cordero, while Reagan presumably had more fun with his gift of six movies on videocassette...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gifts: For Men Who Have Everything | 5/27/1985 | See Source »

Leverett clinched the victory in the next at-bat, K.C. Smith punched one-out single through a drawn in Winthrop infield, scoring Leon Oldenburg...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoreboard | 5/8/1985 | See Source »

Institute of Contemporary Art, 955 Boylston St., Boston, 266-5151. Richard Milani; Menchu Lamas; Anish Kapoor; Leon Glub; Anton Patiflo: Sigmar Polks: Howard Fried; Nan Goldin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: May 2-8, 1985 | 5/2/1985 | See Source »

...signal success. A loss, they said, would have put a dent into Reagan's mandate and given Congress a psychological edge in the months ahead. For their part, the lawmakers insist that the MX vote will not put them at a disadvantage in coming battles. Said Democrat Leon Panetta of California: "By putting that much emphasis on this issue, the Administration undermined others. This may prove to be a Pyrrhic victory for them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Star Turn for the Gipper | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

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