Word: premiers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Philadelphia (80-82, NL East, tied for fourth): Phil Bradley (.297, 14 HR, 67 RBI) and Bob Dernier (.317) are two new acquisitions the Phils needed. Steve ("Bedrock") Bedrosian (40 saves), last year's Cy Young winner, is one of the league's premier relievers. Thirty-eight year old Mike Schmidt still has the pop. But the Phils need some defense up the middle. Shortstop Steve Jeltz had more errors (14) than RBI (12). Best player: Schmidt...
Despite his alacrity for inclusion, he has been rebuffed by repeated exclusions in the past. Ann Lewis, the Democratic strategist, remembers one of her first endeavors with Jackson. They were at the Japanese embassy in Washington, part of a delegation to protest racially condescending remarks made by Premier Nakasone. "Before we went out to meet the press," she recalls, "Jesse gathered us together and said, 'We cannot contribute to any further racism. These people do not know how much trouble they are in, and we must not add to the flames by our remarks.' " Then, as Jackson drove Lewis home...
...award enhanced TIME's reputation as one of the world's premier showcases for photojournalism. At the Amsterdam competition, the magazine won eleven of the 55 prizes, more than any other news publication. That was a gratifying welcome for Stephenson, who became picture editor 2 1/2 months ago. A native of Washington, she joined the magazine in 1966. After spending eleven years as a picture and text researcher, she left TIME to become picture editor of US magazine, then assistant managing editor of Look. She returned in 1979 as a deputy picture editor, and was appointed to her current post...
...unique combination of undergraduate cello players will present a concert this Sunday in Paine Hall, which will feature the premier performance of a selection composed by a Harvard graduate student...
...Serenely waiting. For fate to do its stuff. It turns out that the seemingly irrelevant history of the spinsters' lives, the lovers they long ago rejected, their eccentric religious community, are all essential for Babette's apotheosis. The revelation of her true identity -- she was at one time Paris' premier chef -- does not startle once she begins preparations for her triumph. But there are wonderful surprises in store. Follow the intricate ways in which her benefactors' pasts provide Babette with an occasion. Scan the crowd, at once skeptical yet starving for a masterpiece. Listen for that pompous critical voice leading...