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The legislation had not even come to a vote when Republican Senator Phil Gramm of Texas implored his colleagues to repeal it "in a future year." A future nonelection year, Gramm might have added. The Senate, a third of whose members must face the voters this year, was about to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heading For An Override? | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

Nobody speaks it with huge conviction, but the most promising theory in behalf of Spinks holds that the real world has recently descended on Tyson in the forms of a famous wife, a flamboyant mother-in-law, a $4.5 million mansion in Bernardsville, N.J., a parade of luxury cars (including...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Boxing's Allure | 6/27/1988 | See Source »

They may already have too much. In the late 1970s, several conservation- minde d states considered restrictions on fish finders, although no bills were ever signed into law. Now even some of the fishermen think measures to protect fish stocks may be needed. "The odds have almost become too lopsided...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: The Fish Don't Stand a Chance | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

Steve Blad was born in Iowa but raised from childhood in Hollywood, Fla., by "old-fashioned, God-fearin', all-American parents," he says. "I was the first member of my family to get divorced, to drink whiskey and to roll dice." He grins his lopsided grin. "You might say, I...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Florida: Filling the Hours with Bingo ! | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

The game was never close, as the Australians jumped out to an 8-3 lead at halftime. The second half was even more lopsided, as the team from Down Under scored 14 unanswered goals, giving the Crimson its worse loss of the year.

Author: By Andy Fine, | Title: Australian National Team Humbles Laxwomen, 22-3 | 4/19/1988 | See Source »

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