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...Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), the chief opponent, refused to mute his criticism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INF Ratification Possible Before Summit | 5/25/1988 | See Source »

...failure has a human face, it is undoubtedly the Day-Glo visage of the Apollo clown, Wednesday night's equivalent of old vaudeville's hook around the neck. Feet flapping, arms flailing, trousers billowing, horn honking, he capered onstage to the immense delight of all but his mute victim. Arthur took one look and ran like a rabbit. Downstairs, he tried to be positive: "Tonight, well, I guess I wasn't good enough. But I'll be back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amateur Night In New York: Triumph and Terror at the Apollo | 4/18/1988 | See Source »

...Johnson and Burgee once proposed that the building be stripped down to its steel skeleton, gaily painted and lighted -- a wry Piranesian folly absolutely perfect for the spot. What seems more likely, alas, is that the building will be demolished and replaced by a conventionally highfalutin plaza, monumental and mute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Renewal, But a Loss Of Funk | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...measure, supported by a majority of members in the 179-seat Folketing, is expected to become law July 1. Hoping to mute criticism, the bill's sponsors included a provision precluding gays from adopting children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Denmark: New Status for Gay Partners | 1/18/1988 | See Source »

Philadelphia's Kevin Gross was obliged to stand mute after an umpire came out to the mound last week and found sandpaper glued into the pocket of his mitt. Unless Gross was building a dollhouse for his daughter between innings, he was caught. Sounding like a dazed mountain climber, the Phillies' pitcher kept mumbling, "It was just there." His embarrassment was so acute that Gross at first shushed the players' union (as opposed to the carpenters' union) when it came to his defense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Batty Balls: Unkindest Cuts of all | 8/24/1987 | See Source »

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