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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Cornell (0-2) had scored on a 15-yard touchdown pass from reserve quarterback Chip Knapp to Todd Presley with 1:16 remaining on the clock. The Big Red elected to go for the win, but Viserto picked off Knapp's attempted pass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ivy Roundup | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

...decades the Sun Records studio in Memphis has seemed to be in its twilight. Still, music fans who feared that rockabilly might eventually go the way of the turkey trot can take heart. Last week a 1985 version of the legendary "Million Dollar Quartet," which once included Elvis Presley, was back in Memphis. The veteran country rockers-- Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Presley Replacement Roy Orbison--were on hand to record a new album and a television special in the same studio where they got their start some 30 years ago. "We're not out to recapture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 30, 1985 | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

...into other arenas. Some small churches employ them to give choirs a more inspiring sound. Emotionally disturbed children at the University of Nebraska's Psychiatric Institute work out problems by creating commercials and playing deejay with Starmakers. At Songmasters' Graceland Recording Studio & Singalong Shop, across the street from Elvis Presley's Memphis mansion, the machines have become as much a part of the scene as the "King's" aging groupies, who tape their versions of Elvis' hits on them. Finished tapes cost $9.95 a song. Owner Gary Hardy woos reluctant patrons with his own versions. Says he: "A striking rendition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Song of Myself, on Tape | 7/15/1985 | See Source »

...some of the deceased, like proper legends, have regained their power in death. Humphrey Bogart is a greater celebrity now than when he was alive; so is John Lennon. The fade-out has become as important in life as onscreen; no wonder Hollywood repartee has become standardized: "Elvis Presley is dead." "Good career move...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Star Trek Intimate Strangers | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

...when Michael Reagan, 39, recently decided to become an actor. The President's adopted son had been doing endorsement commercials in connection with his first passion, boat racing, and liked it so much he is taking classes with Acting Coach Rick Walters, whose pupils include Barbi Benton and Priscilla Presley. And what is the reaction of the leading man in the White House? "Dad and Nancy think it's great," reports Reagan, who adds that he finally followed the family's thespian tradition because he is "comfortable with who I am now. I wasn't 20 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 4, 1985 | 3/4/1985 | See Source »

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