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Oteiba's surprise comment came after his Nigerian counterpart, Tam David-West, ruled out joining the cartel in reducing production to prop up its prices...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OPEC Panic | 10/29/1984 | See Source »

HOSPITALIZED. Jon-Erik Hexum, 26, hunky TV actor; after he accidentally shot himself in the temple with a blank from a prop pistol during filming of his new series Cover Up; in Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Oct. 22, 1984 | 10/22/1984 | See Source »

...poles are alone. The individualist Henry David Thoreau called America "The Great Western Pioneer whom the nations follow." Do they indeed? All right, then, says the proud country: If we would be left alone, let us be' alone gloriously, ruggedly. And by extension: Let every individual be alone. Prop him in front of his Apple II, and point him toward the prairie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Rugged Individual Rides Again | 10/15/1984 | See Source »

Reagan would certainly try to choose conservatives, just as Mondale would surely attempt to pick liberals. With both Brennan and Marshall nearing retirement, Mondale would need a whole raft of appointments to revive the liberal activism of the Warren era. More likely, he would only be able to prop up the court's aging left wing. The court as a whole would continue to drift, advancing here, trimming back there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Court at the Crossroads | 10/8/1984 | See Source »

...full moon rose upstage center, like a prop, and the rehearsal wound down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In North Carolina: The Play Plays On and On | 8/6/1984 | See Source »

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