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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Check the January 30, 1911 issue of the Crimson, however, and you'll find no mention of dead bunnies. Only quick-witted, snappy prose: "The forwards for the University tried to play team-work, but in following the individual play of their opponents they became hopelessly drawn out of their positions...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Of Bunnies and Hockey | 1/20/1989 | See Source »

...were murdered by Manson's minions. And if you're thinking of renting an apartment in that tan building on Shoreham Drive, consider the effect on property values of Diane Linkletter's 1969 suicide leap from the sixth floor after a bad LSD trip. Your friendly Realtor might not mention that the brown house on Benedict Canyon Drive was the spot where George Reeves, TV's Superman, "fired a speeding bullet into his brain." Or that the large house with the armor-plated front door was Bugsy Siegel's place, where the gangster died in a hail of gunfire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: And Now, Hollywood Babble-On | 1/16/1989 | See Source »

...symbol than as a personality. Installed as Crown Prince at 15, he ascended to the Chrysanthemum Throne in 1926 as the 124th Living God in a dynastic line stretching back more than 26 centuries. Children were told they would be blinded if they saw Hirohito's face; the very mention of his name was taboo. Yet Hirohito was well aware that he was to be as much pawn as ruler. Even as his advisers refrained from looking at him, they also refused to listen to him. His divine authority was not enough to suppress the military officers who began taking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan The Longest Reign | 1/16/1989 | See Source »

After warning that we should remain cautious while encouraging the Soviet Union on its path toward becoming a "less threatening" nation, Reagan failed to offer any further suggestions as to how to reduce tensions between the two superpowers. And, though he went on to mention the budget deficit as one of his regrets, he declined to speak further, saying, "I'm going to hold my tongue...

Author: By Neil A. Cooper, | Title: Bye, Bye, Ron | 1/13/1989 | See Source »

...addition to the Johnson controversy, there have been the indictment of 11 city officials, including Deputy Mayor Ivanhoe Donaldson, one of Barry's best friends, as well as reports of Barry harassing a model and visiting strip joints, not mention $98,000 of undocumented expenses in Barry's own accounts. Not a week passes, it seems, without some charge of corruption, misuse of funds or influence-buying being brought against a Barry aide or friend...

Author: By David A. Plotz, | Title: Marion Barry, National Shame | 1/13/1989 | See Source »

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