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...displayed their talent and versatility to the fullest in the final. Before halftime, the Americans staged a 9-min. onslaught during which Spain yielded 11 turnovers and had no field goals and no rebounds. Patrick Ewing, the 7-ft. Georgetown center, raised his total to 19 blocked shots hi the tournament, and at one point forced a Spanish player to shoot from behind the backboard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Faster, Higher, Stonger | 8/20/1984 | See Source »

...that can daunt larger firms. Few industries have shrunk more in recent years than American shoe manufacturing, which has seen imports walk off with much of its business. Yet the Timberland shoe company (1983 sales: $60 million), based in the rural hamlet of Newmarket, N.H., has weathered the foreign onslaught and added 900 workers over the past five years. "We benefited from the lack of imagination of some of the other old shoe companies around here," says Herman Swartz, president of the family-owned concern. Fully one-quarter of Timberland's sales have come from exports since its classic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Remarkable Job Machine | 6/25/1984 | See Source »

...Square Men's Bar-a 15-minute trek up Cambridge St. to Inman Square--usually has a pretty adventurous booking policy, though the summertime seems to have brought an onslaught of clone bands. The Bar does, however have a rep for booking little-known talented bands and, contrary to its name...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Lots Of Sweet, Lots of Tunes | 6/24/1984 | See Source »

...offensive along the entire 700-mile border. The Iranian military thinks that such a drive would be suicidal, but it may take place anyway. As of late last week, U.S. satellite information suggested that Iran still needed a few days in which to complete its preparations for such an onslaught...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: Pushing the Saudis Too Far | 6/18/1984 | See Source »

...novice side, the Big Green continued the onslaught, posting wins in the first and second boat heats. The hosts toppled Radcliffe's first novice boat, 4:43.5 to 4:50.5, and then throttled the second novice boat...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Laxwomen Triumph, Oarswomen Vanquished | 5/3/1984 | See Source »

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