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...meet drifted back over to the field events, Harvard continued to rack up victories. Junior Dave Randall struggled into the stadium carrying about eight different poles, one of which must have been the right one as he soared 14 ft. 6 in. to capture first in the pole vault. Teammate Jim Mullen contributed a first-place finish in the javelin...

Author: By Sara J. Nicholas, | Title: Thinclads Run Wild to Capture GBCs | 4/28/1980 | See Source »

...wooden bat in the Crimson rack is a John Wockenfuss model...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: No Place Like Home | 4/10/1980 | See Source »

...swathed mornings ..." Not much investigative reporting goes on, but why should it? If a dragon oversleeps, there are always the ubiquitous handouts to fall back on. Everyone knows the rules, like not being too rigorous in differentiating between what will appear on a retailer's rack some day and what is a mere designer's bagatelle. Said Grace Mirabella, editor in chief of Vogue: "The designers are now creating a number of models just for the runway. They have no intention of making them. The daily press know it, but they often go along with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Stalking the Elusive Hemline | 3/31/1980 | See Source »

...company buys professional advice to dress executives in the proper corporate uniform and leases a rack of clothes -both costs presumably tax deductible. Haas prefers a minimum corporate order of $5,000 for a recommended two-year lease of twelve suits priced at about $400 apiece. The Internal Revenue Service is stonewalling comment on rent-a-suits because there are no existing rulings or regulations. In the meantime, companies assume it is a tax write...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Rent-a-Suit | 3/10/1980 | See Source »

...Consumer prices doubled during the sputtering '70s, but it was in the decade's final year that the previously unthinkable became commonplace reality. The year that brought 13% inflation, 14% mortgage rates and 15¼% prune rates also saw $225-a-day hospital rooms, $500 off-the-rack men's suits, the 25? Hershey bar and the $3.50 martini. Millions of Americans had to postpone their dreams for a home of their own; the average price of a few-frills new house surged from $59,000 to $65,000. Crude oil spurted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Now a Middling-Size Downturn | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

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