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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lost the America's Cup in 1983 on Rhode Island Sound. The longest winning streak in sport history--132 years--was ended, and with Australia II's secret keel, the victors from down under had audaciously out-teched the Yanks. But what really steamed some of the bluer-blooded Newport yachting crowd was when the winning skipper, John Bertrand, taunted during the races that the next Cup competition would be sailed out of the mostly working-class port of Fremantle in the sun- drenched Indian Ocean. "It's absolutely glorious," he told anybody who cared to listen. "It is probably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Dirty and Short Down Under | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

Freshman year, Jernigan played in the number-two slot behind David Boyum '85 (presently the 14th ranked professional in the world) and sometimes in the third position, after Brad Desaulnier '85, who is also now a pro. The Newport, R.I., native beat both of them, though, the same year to capture the national individual title...

Author: By Helen Lee, | Title: Racquetmen Prepare to Squash Princeton | 2/7/1986 | See Source »

...deadline for bids on four new attack submarines. This leaves open the possibility that General Dynamics will eventually be permitted to compete for this contract despite its current suspension. According to the Defense Department, the reprieve is an effort to preserve competition among contractors. Only one other firm, the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., is capable of making the attack submarine. Said Navy Secretary John Lehman: "This is not an action to protect General Dynamics. This is an action to protect the public interest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Unexpected Fall From Grace | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

Three faults in the Ring of Fire, an earthquake-prone region around the Pacific rim, present a potential hazard to UCLA: the southern San Andreas fault, the Newport-Inglewood fault, and the Santa Monica fault. There is a 50 percent chance that a major earthquake--registering a minimum of eight on the Richter scale--will occur in the next 20 years at the San Andreas fault, the report said...

Author: By Mei LIN Kwan-gett, | Title: UCLA at Earthquake Risk | 11/16/1985 | See Source »

Room Service: original old advertising for hotels and resorts, The Nostalgia Factory, Brick Market Place, Newport, Rhode Island, through...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: November 14-20 | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

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