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Remember the humble office calendar? It was just a ho-hum piece of desk equipment, a chintzy plastic tray with 365 nondescript pages on it. But now it is being replaced by the posh and prestigious desk diary. Bound in padded leather with the owner's name or initials stamped in gold on the cover and decorated with silken page markers, the best-bred datebooks look a bit like church hymnals, and they command nearly the same reverence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making a Date with Status | 12/19/1983 | See Source »

Harvard officials picked the Science Center location for the fountain because the area is heavily trafficked, visible from several angles and is currently nondescript, Oommen said...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: Innovative Fountain to Adorn Campus | 11/5/1983 | See Source »

Harper, when he appeared in federal court in San Francisco last week, cut an appropriately nondescript figure. He is 49, about 5 ft. 10 in., has thinning brown hair that curls into gray sideburns, and displays a paunch. He is an electrical engineer who does mostly freelance work. Dougherty describes him as the kind of spy who is motivated by a simple desire for "money and adventure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Love of Money and Adventure | 10/31/1983 | See Source »

Mather House: The most nondescript of the House grills, Mather is also the tiniest. Its counter is wedged into the corner of a multi-level recreation center, below the pool table. TV and video games which are spread over the complex...

Author: By Mary Humes, | Title: The Grills Next Door | 10/29/1983 | See Source »

...seems to be a ringing affirmation of the opera-as-vocalism theory. But the Met gala is more likely a capstone than a portent, for the very nature of opera is being changed by history and technology. The Met-which began life on Oct. 22, 1883, in a nondescript yellow brick building at Broadway and 39th Street in Manhattan, and has evolved into the leading opera company in the U.S. and one of the world's foremost-is being changed too. Consider the forces at work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Toward a New Golden Age | 10/24/1983 | See Source »

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