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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...physical presence is nothing if not revolutionary. Which is exactly what Producer Irwin Winkler was looking for when he cast Eurythmics Lead Singer Annie Lennox, 30, in the role of Miss Liberty in Revolution, an epic film about the American War of Independence, due out in December. "We thought she had the right kind of look for the period," says Winkler of the Scottish rocker. "We thought her voice would ring out in the crowd. It cuts through everything." In the film's opening scene, Lennox incites a mob to take a ship for the American cause from its owner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 30, 1985 | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

...American as, well, cheesecake. After she won the Miss America title in Atlantic City last week, however, Susan Akin's first wish was for hot apple pie and ice cream. Since then, Akin, 21, a blond, blue-eyed public relations and communications major at the University of Mississippi, has been swept up in the whirlwind of talk shows, photo sessions and interviews that come with her crown. "For me, Miss America is the ultimate," says Akin, who has participated in at least 100 professional beauty pageants since the age of five. She has picked up a few expert techniques along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 30, 1985 | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

...Lehigh, 10-3 Colgate, 16-6 3-1 3-1, .750 Ji H. Min Executive Photo Editor Guest Selector Harvard, 24-21 Lafayette, 35-14 Army, 45-28 URI, 28-21 Yale, 10-7 Dartmouth, 27-14 Princeton, 14-10 Cornell, 14-10 Mercedes Wagner Miss Massachusetts Guest Selector Harvard, 21-14 Columbia, 21-7 Penn, 21-14 URI, 14-7 Yale, 21-7 UNH, 17-7 Princeton, 14-0 Colgate, 14-10 Samantha 27-lb, Lobster, Bay State Lobsters Guest Selector Harvard, 31-17 Lafayette, 24-14 Army, 33-26 Brown, 21-10 Yale, 28--14 Dartmouth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Sports Cube Predicts | 9/28/1985 | See Source »

Although it seems horrible enough, I guess there is a positive aspect to the torture which I go through each summer. After about a week of bolt-grinding, I begin to miss the shuttle bus. After a month of ditch digging, I could sit through a English 10 lecture without screaming, and finally, by the beginning of September I love Harvard, and can't wait to be back. Even the Lampoon reads well after a summer with Baby...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Special Duty | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

Television. Bob Lobel, the Channel 4 sports anchor and the leading area TV personality, gives us Sports Spotlight--a hilarious sports bloopers show--every Thursday night. Don't miss it, and stick with Lobel for all your sports coverage; he usually graces the screen around 6:25 p.m. on the evening shows and 11:20 p.m. on the nightcasts...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: The Hub and its Heroes | 9/18/1985 | See Source »

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