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...majority were really sincere, and not merely looking for an easy way out of the current controversy, it would give up on soliciting all advertising which is derogatory to women and instead ask for contributions or take money out of its own pocket...

Author: By Andrew C. Karp, | Title: Run the Screw Ad | 5/13/1981 | See Source »

...been springboards for a sensitive look at the musician's character. At different points. Dickson describes Fiedler as either a cold father or a beaming one. He usually adhered to a renowned stinginess yet would fly discreetly to New York to give a benefit concert out of his own pocket. Likewise, near the book's end Dickson glosses over another probing question, raised in an observation by a Boston Symphony Orchestra friend...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: A Closeup Without Reflection | 5/11/1981 | See Source »

Police estimated the total value of property stolen last week at $5111, including a pair of gold cuff links, a gold pocket watch, two silver rings, four silver necklaces, two pearl necklaces and a guitar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police Blotter | 5/11/1981 | See Source »

Reagan stirred loud laughter when he pulled a letter from his pocket and read the words of eight-year-old Peter Sweeney, a second-grader in Rockville Centre, N.Y., "I hope you get well quick or you might have to make a speech in your pajamas." Reagan let the laughter subside, then read Peter's postscript: "If you have to make a speech in your pajamas, I warned you." More laughter. The letter, part of a class project, had been picked out of mountains of mail by Chief Speechwriter Ken Khachigian, but no one on Reagan's staff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reagan's Budget Battle | 5/11/1981 | See Source »

First use of a blowtorch to warm the field for a home opener -Montreal Expos, April 14. Another record set that day: first package of chewing tobacco to freeze in the back pocket of an active third baseman (Lance Parrish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: You Can Look It Up | 5/11/1981 | See Source »

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