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...Incidentally, Larry categorically denies the most popular conception about copy shop hijinks and monkey shines: to the best of his knowledge, neither he nor any of his fellow employees have ever made Xeroxes of their own butts...

Author: By Paul R. Simms, | Title: Almost Quitting Time | 12/15/1987 | See Source »

Lockbaum waited. And waited. And waited. The Crimson defense came hard. They surrounded him. He was the monkey in the middle. He was the lamb on the Crimson's sacrificial fire. Golden Gordie was going down. Down. Down...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: A Holy Glow After the Crucial Play | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

...sure the scientists at the flight center in Moscow have rigged up a model containing another rhesus monkey with a free left arm -- all to see what mischief I'm capable of. They needn't worry. I will do nothing to embarrass the motherland. Besides, I can't leave my seat. I cannot reach any levers. Nor can I leave my chamber to visit the fish and the mice on board for experiments. What this biosatellite needs is some of your perestroika -- you know, restructuring. Space flight might then be more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Sincerely yours, Yerosha

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Earth Station, Can You Read Me? | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

...language. He demolished the pop-music wall that had long separated singer and songwriter; now a man could perform his own compositions and do it with amazing sass. He could do wrong too, and here again Berry was a pioneer. Through decades of one-night stands, too much monkey business and a few command performances in stir, he fixed the image of the rock artist as outlaw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chuck Berry: Still Reelin', Still Rockin' | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

...Reagan sticks to his guns as the search for peace in Central America continues. -- Shipwrecked illegal immigrants are eaten by sharks. -- Inside Haiti today. -- Monkey business in space...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

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