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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lifestyle, it was truly gone. No more innocuous fun--in the '80s, fun means the hard stuff. Cocaine, crack, jogging and worse. The Village people, one of the founding groups of disco, deserted to punk (a self-respecting musical from that wouldn't have them). Olivia Newton-John deserted to the '80s fad, phys-ed. She and the country took their energetic dance from the dance floor...

Author: By Bentley Boyd, | Title: TALKING MUSIC: | 2/17/1987 | See Source »

...have come out on top of a similar "trickledown opportunity." State Sen. George Bachrach forfeited reelection to run for Congress, losing to Joseph P. Kennedy II in the September 16 Democratic primary. He left his Senate seat open to an intense fiveway race among Democrats, of whome two--Olivia Golden '76 and Barrett--held liberal views similar...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: That Was Then: This Is the State Legislature | 11/3/1986 | See Source »

...part nbc version of Anastasia shot in Vienna for broadcast this winter. According to Amy Irving, the producers picked her first. When she passed, the role was offered to Nastassja Kinski. Then, for reasons as inscrutable as Rasputin's stare, Kinski was out and Irving was back in. Why? Olivia de Havilland, who plays Anastasia's grandmother, notes that Irving "looks very much like Anna Anderson." Kinski is not talking. Irving cites the signing-on of Rex Harrison, who plays Grand Duke Cyril and with whom she co-starred on Broadway in 1983. "Rex's being involved helped change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 6, 1986 | 10/6/1986 | See Source »

...single painting. Among the main competitors in the battle for the naked marchesa are two archrival museums, Washington's National Gallery and New York City's Metropolitan. The National is represented by its director, Andrew Foster -- young, rich, dashing and secretly a CIA agent. The Met's champion is Olivia Cartwright, whose mentor is the omniscient and fabulously wealthy Neapolitan dwarf Count Nerone (a good Velasquezian touch, since the artist painted a fair number of valuable dwarfs). Rivalry soon leads to attraction, which soon turns into love. Before the hammer finally comes down, love has led to Soviet intrigue, data...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bookends: Sep. 1, 1986 | 9/1/1986 | See Source »

Several reports give former Reading State Representative Michael J. Barrett '70 and former Cambridge School Committee member David Holway slightly higher popularity. Olivia A. Golden '76, who left her position as State Budget Director for Human Services to campaign, is also viewed as a strong contender...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: New Runners Join Senate Field | 4/1/1986 | See Source »

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