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...traditions die hard. That's probably the only way to explain why the Locke-Ober Cafe, one of Boston's oldest, proudest dining traditions, continues to thrive, defying the dictates of discriminating taste and classical economics...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: Ober Priced | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

...week Maryland's Charles ("Mac") Mathias Jr. said he too would not run. One of the last liberal Republicans in high office, Mathias, 63, was elected to the House in 1960, then won his Senate seat in 1968. As a drafter of many key civil rights laws, he was proudest of his role in that "peaceful revolution." For years he exemplified the style, balance and intellect that were once characteristic of the proud upper chamber. Yet when his own party came to power under Ronald Reagan, he found himself at odds with the G.O.P. right. Mathias was the only Republican...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Senate: Maryland's Mathias Bows Out | 10/7/1985 | See Source »

...church's octagonal sanctuary to preach at the Wednesday-night prayer meeting. His message, | "Live Unto Him," was loosely based upon II Corinthians 5: 14-15. The week concluded with a particularly pleasant chore: mingling amiably with the 3,500 en- tering freshmen at Liberty University, his proudest creation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Jerry Falwell's Crusade | 9/2/1985 | See Source »

...hide his chagrin. "Nobody wanted to make these cuts," he said. "The President didn't, and I certainly didn't." Though the Pentagon does not yet know what it will do without, the vote seems sure to slow the U.S. military buildup that was one of Reagan's proudest accomplishments throughout his first term...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retreating on Defense | 5/20/1985 | See Source »

Needless to say, this is an allegory for Steinbrenner's New York Yankees, once the proudest team in baseball, now merely the highest paid. Bringing back that "reformed" fist baller and dehydrated bibber Billy Martin for a fourth term as mismanager, Steinbrenner has taxed the credibility of even the New York Post. Sometimes it seems that this former anonymous shipbuilder from Cleveland owns more than 37 1/2% of the Manhattan tabloids. He hovers over the + city like the Hindenburg. In quivering type befitting a disaster, his name is a standard headline: GEORGE EXPLODES. NO SURVIVORS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Saddling Losers | 5/13/1985 | See Source »

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