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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Addicts plot the shortest routes to malls, pore over catalogs during coffee breaks, greet store sales help -- and security guards -- by name. Even when they browse with friends, they can be secretly prowling for purchases; often they sneak back to make a "hit." Out on a spending spree, they pick out items in a euphoric daze, but many of their purchases make little sense. Says Alice, 34, of New Jersey, a brokerage-house trainee: "I was possessed when I went into a store. I bought things that didn't fit, that I didn't like and that I certainly didn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: 365 Shopping Days till Christmas | 12/26/1988 | See Source »

...executive producer Stacy Jolna and his eight-person team began shooting in early December, shortly after TIME made its pick. "To us, TIME's choice of Man of the Year is a compelling news story in its own right," says Jolna. "By the end of the first week, we had knocked off a dozen interviews and had begun amassing file footage that would help tell the story of the Man of the Year visually." Altogether, CNN shot 40 hours of videotape and planned to be editing the program right up to airtime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From the Publisher: Dec 26 1988 | 12/26/1988 | See Source »

Because the White House Christmas tree was in the Blue Room, the President was put in the Red Room to await his cue to stride to the podium. That meant 30 more feet to walk, five seconds longer on the approach, more time for the cameras to pick up the stunning seasonal decorations. "We've got to stop meeting like this," quipped Reagan. With his pink cheeks and flawless navy suit, he looked considerably better than his 100 questioners. Still clinging to the theory that Nancy's favorite color would attract his eye, five wore red dresses and 31 wore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: A Full-Dress Finale | 12/19/1988 | See Source »

Durer meets Daffy Duck, high fashion flutters beside wildflowers, and movie posters compete with Queen Mary' s dolls' house in a season' s pick that ranges from the opulent to the offbeat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page December 19, 1988 Vol. 132 No. 5 | 12/19/1988 | See Source »

...remaining cautious, must look toward negotiations which will take us further toward a bilateral reduction of conventional forces not just in Europe, but around the world. The US could also use this as an opportunity to reduce our share of funding for NATO forces and encourage our allies to pick up more of the tab, at a time when the bill seems to be shrinking...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Watching Gorbachev | 12/14/1988 | See Source »

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