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Unfortunately, there is no English counterpart to "guy," save "gal." "Gal" sucks. Conjuring up the image of a Nebraska cow-milker in overalls doesn't go very far in the Northeastern liberal boutique we know and love...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: When Guys Were Guys and... | 3/16/1989 | See Source »

...Wednesday the committee Democrats were in open rebellion against what they saw as an attempted White House whitewash. Nebraska's James Exon declared that the President should start seeking a different nominee. Michigan's Carl Levin asked for more time to look into even newer allegations against Tower. Reading the growing sentiment, Warner suggested that a committee vote be delayed at least until week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Collapse of A Confirmation | 3/6/1989 | See Source »

Parents from states as distant as California, Nebraska and Alabama and countries as far as Japan journeyed to Cambridge for the weekend's events, which will continue through today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1100 Attend Junior Weekend | 3/4/1989 | See Source »

...Tennessee company clucked loudly at Tyson's advances and turned to another chicken producer interested in acquiring some of Holly Farms' juicy parts. Omaha-based ConAgra, the No. 2 grower, agreed on a so-called lockup arrangement in which the Nebraska firm can buy some of Holly Farms' operations if the marauding Tyson succeeds in taking over. ConAgra, which already controls 20% of the U.S. beef industry, 33% of the lamb market and nearly 10% of broiler production, would like to bring Holly Farms' Weaver frozen-chicken label into the same shed with its Armour, Banquet and Country Pride brands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flying Feathers In the Coop: Mike Tyson | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

...partner, Woodrow F. Call. Dozens of finely etched characters surround them: a roguish ex-Ranger turned gambler (Robert Urich); a prostitute looking for escape (Diane Lane); a wimpy sheriff (Chris Cooper) searching for his runaway wife; and a lost love (Anjelica Huston) whom McCrae locates on the plains of Nebraska. Not to mention sadistic outlaws, vicious Indians and other disasters, natural and man-made, on the road to Montana...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Poetry On The Prairie | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

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