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Dates: during 1980-1989
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DIED. Jo Jones, 73, innovative jazz drummer known as "the man who plays like the wind" for his new lighter, looser rhythms, dynamic shadings, adroit accents and inventive ad libs, who buoyed the Count Basie band from 1935 to '48, toured with such greats as Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson and led his own small combos, which often included other Basie alumni; of pneumonia; in New York City. He was often confused with "Philly" Joe Jones, 62, drummer for the Miles Davis Quintet in the 1950s and an innovator in the transition from the swing era to the "cool" jazz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Sep. 16, 1985 | 9/16/1985 | See Source »

...protect the U.S. banking system. Last week's dollar slide was due in part to worries stemming from the bankruptcy of Bevill, Bresler & Shulman Asset Management, a small New Jersey investment firm dealing in Government securities. The Federal Reserve, though, has given no signs of moving to a much looser monetary policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Bullish About the Buck | 4/22/1985 | See Source »

...that deals with emotional suffering is far looser than that governing libel. In general, all that is required is that the offending act be intentional, outrageous, and inflict serious emotional damage. By those measures, many political satires and cartoons could be targets. Declares Arthur Strickland, one of Flynt's attorneys: "Reagan could sue Art Buchwald. George Bush could sue Garry Trudeau. Bush could say, 'Whenever I read Doonesbury I'm a basket case for the rest of the day,' and have a cause of action. Where does it stop?" Flynt's lawyers plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Distressing | 12/24/1984 | See Source »

...looser and we're having fun. Things are positive," says Rob Strauss, a Second Team All-New England selection last year...

Author: By Richard L. Meyer, | Title: Bernal Leads Revamped Aquamen Into Thick of Eastern Competition | 11/3/1984 | See Source »

...revelations offered authorities in both the U.S. and Italy a deeper understanding of the ties between the New York and Sicilian Mobs. They challenge the widely held view of the Mafia as a centrally organized entity with branches in the U.S. and Sicily. Instead, they depict it as a looser network of groups in Sicily, the U.S. and elsewhere, linked by a combination of business, personal and family connections. Buscetta's disclosures, in fact, confirmed what investigators had first suspected several years ago, that there are really two Mafia groups working in the U.S.: one composed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sicilian Connection | 10/15/1984 | See Source »

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