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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...television show last week meant to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the breaking of baseball's color line, an honored executive with Jackie Robinson's old team unwittingly let the country look inside him, and inside the game, to see plainly that the line still exists. Los Angeles Dodgers Vice President Al Campanis, 70, a former minor-league shortstop when Robinson was a second baseman in Montreal, was questioned by ABC Nightline Anchor Ted Koppel about the utter absence of black managers and general managers and the uniform dearth of black executives in what is billed as the great American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Racism At Bat | 4/20/1987 | See Source »

Last February a Texas appeals court reduced the penalty against Texaco -- but only to $8.5 billion. By that time the addition of 15 months' worth of interest and court costs to the $8.5 billion meant that Texaco still owed $10.2 billion. Under a court order, Texaco has been paying $2.5 million a day, $104,000 an hour, $1,736 a minute into an escrow account to cover interest on the judgment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texaco's Star Falls | 4/20/1987 | See Source »

...apologized," Fish continued. "I think he meant it sincerely. I think he feels that he let the team down. He's just a competitor who never quits...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Stanley Removed From Harvard Tennis Squad | 4/15/1987 | See Source »

...Chung fun meant sitting down the summer before ski season and handling negotiations with suppliers, condominium-owners, bus charterers, and ski shops for the upcoming season. Then he would advertise in high schools throughout the Wichita area...

Author: By Eric Berman, | Title: On the Make With Ski Trips, Watches and Elvis | 4/13/1987 | See Source »

...Oscars. Then, no matter how hard I try, I can't resist sticking my finger back in the proverbial electrical socket. This year was no exception. The Indiana-Syracuse game ended about two and a half hours too early, and the lack of any suitable Hogan's Heroes reruns meant certain doom. My dial was irresistibly drawn over...

Author: By Eric A. Morris, | Title: Sentimental Favoritism | 4/13/1987 | See Source »

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