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...turbulent and troubled city. Like Ronald Reagan, Koch is a master showman who finds that he can no longer dazzle his audience. His woes are such that when he was asked to lead a delegation this month to observe progress toward peace in Nicaragua, it offered a pleasant change from New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Troubled Times for Hizzoner | 11/30/1987 | See Source »

Outside the Eastern Airlines compound that sits along the northeast perimeter of Miami International Airport, the temperature was a pleasant 75 degrees and palm trees swayed in a gentle breeze. But inside a first-floor conference room in Eastern's boxlike concrete-and-glass headquarters, the scene was stormy. Under the harsh glare of a battery of television lights, executives of the 60- year-old airline last week announced the layoff of more than 3,500 employees, or 9% of the work force, sparing only pilots and flight attendants. Said Luz Gomez, 26, a laid-off clerical worker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is This Any Way to Run an Airline? | 11/23/1987 | See Source »

BIRDS OF a feather flock together, to coin a phrase. To coin another, less quotable one, when inclement weather impends, birds fly south in search of sunshine and a more pleasant limb...

Author: By Jeffrey S. Nordhaus, | Title: Divesting of Divestment | 11/19/1987 | See Source »

Melrose, the sophomore transfer from North Dakota, has been a pleasant surprise. Melrose did not play hockey at all last season, watching as the Fighting Sioux demolished most everyone in its path to the national championship...

Author: By Adam J. Epstein, | Title: Icemen Defy Preseason Expectations | 11/18/1987 | See Source »

Despite the dangers of the neighborhood and the lack of affection between them, Sammy and Rosie live pleasant, lower middle-class lives until Sammy's estranged father, Rafi (Shashi Kapoor) arrives. Once a high-ranking Indian politico, Rafi moves into Sammy and Rosie's apartment with the intention of giving them their substantial inheritance so that they can move into a real house and bless him with grandchildren...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Return of the Naive | 11/13/1987 | See Source »

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