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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Today such a plot would be laughed out of town, unless, of course, it was called The Mickey Rooney Story. That is precisely what it is, and Mickey's success in Broadway's new hit, Sugar Babies, that happy send-off to burlesque, may very well boost his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Andy Hardy Comes Home | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

After the jokes are over, his multiple marriages are an obvious embarrassment to him. "Nobody's proud about having eight wives," he says. "You're supposed to marry your childhood sweetheart and go off into the sunset with a box of Duz, saying, 'It's forever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Andy Hardy Comes Home | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

The 1979 World Series against the American League Champion Baltimore Orioles brought the Pirates a full measure of good days and bad days, but the last and best day belonged to Willie Stargell. In a dramatic seventh game, Stargell hit the home run that won the world championship for Pittsburgh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pops Go the Pirates | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

The trouble is that with everything on earth (and off, too) being quantified, micro and macro, the world is becoming woefully littered with numbers that defy useful comprehension. Biology, for example, estimates that the human brain contains some 1 trillion cells. But can any imagination get a practical hold on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Getting Dizzy by the Numbers | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

The opening kickoff set the tone for the match, as heavenly Crimson center forward Sue St. Louis worked the ball down to midfield before passing off to left winger Julie Brynteson. Barely breaking stride to receive the shot, Brynteson brought the ball all the way into the penalty box before...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Booters Blossom, Strip Tigers, 4-0 | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

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