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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Montgomery, (D-Miss.), a member of a congressional delegation visiting Honduras, said he expects the U.S. military personnel to pull out in about a week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Honduras: U.S. Troops Can Leave Soon | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

...there is still charm in Florida. Like the little girl singing the opening-day anthem at Port St. Lucie with a finger jammed in each ear; and Miss Clearwater presiding over the Phillies' inaugural in her sash and tiara; and Bobby Bonds' son Barry, a young outfielder for the Pirates, remarking in the dugout, "I liked most of my father's teams: the Cards, Yanks, Angels, White Sox, Rangers, Cubs, Giants -- not Cleveland." And the real-life pitcher Jack Armstrong, who like his namesake from the 1930s radio series seems to incarnate the all-American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Place for Bright Starts | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

...righthanded fast-baller (wearing a CAN'T MISS tag), Armstrong arrived at the Reds' camp this spring full of enthusiasm and good deeds. "I've waited 22 years for an opportunity to pitch in the major leagues," he says, meaning he must have been contemplating it at the age of one. "He'd run through that wall if you asked him to," smiles Manager Pete Rose, who has finished running through walls himself. But Jack Armstrong will probably begin the season in the minors, in some small and scrubby place appropriate to bright starts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Place for Bright Starts | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

After falling twice to Harvard in the first round of the NCAA playoffs at Bright Center last year, the Falcons are hosting Vermont, another team that won't miss playing the Crimson. Harvard humbled the Catamounts, 7-1, in the consolation round of the ECAC tournament last Saturday at Boston Garden...

Author: By Jonathan E. Benjamin, | Title: Cats Get Another Life Against BG | 3/18/1988 | See Source »

...Baton Rouge. A White House communications aide tells Fuller that "somebody is trying to contact Timberwolf." Barbara Bush is using five minutes of free time after a campaign stop in Meridian, Miss., to reach her husband. Bush is still in the post-jambalaya press conference for the local media and can't get to the phone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Day in the Life of a Political Machine | 3/14/1988 | See Source »

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