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...G.O.P. nomination. At his debut press conference in New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, a genial Haig laughed off a question about his pugnacity by saying, "Inside this exterior of militant, turf-conscious, excessively ambitious demeanor there's a heart as big as all outdoors." Later, snipping a ribbon to open his Manchester, N.H., headquarters, he cracked, "I'm used to a bayonet, but today I have golden scissors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Quixotic Four-Star Foray | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

...strange world, isn't it? Hopper gives the performance of a lifetime and then gets nominated for Hoosiers, which is Rocky in hightops. Life can be pretty cruel. But Hopper could walk off with the award just out of Academy spite. And let's hope he spews Pabst Blue Ribbon over the whole worthless bunch of them...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: And the Envelope, Please | 3/26/1987 | See Source »

From 2 to 4 p.m., spectators can watch an array of traditional Chinese dances such as the Lotus Dance, the Sword Dance, the Mongolian Dance and the Ribbon Dance during which a dancer nearly choked herself last year, organizers of the fete said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Asian American Festival To Feature Dance, Music | 3/21/1987 | See Source »

...frustrates both American businessmen and foreign allies. Washington requires so many export controls that it is difficult to ship abroad even such seemingly innocuous products as CAT scanners and a variety of ball bearings. Last week that play-it-safe national-security policy came under fire from a blue-ribbon panel representing the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering and the Institute of Medicine. In a major study, the panel argued that the restrictions do not work properly and that they cost the U.S. billions in lost exports every year. Though hotly contested by the Pentagon, the study won applause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tussle Over High Technology | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

Jared A. Silverman, a first year graduate student who had never been to the stockroom before, noticed "16+5" as he waited to purchase a printer ribbon. "I like the geometry of the paintings but I find the color scheme disturbing. The dark--is that black or purple?--is very disturbing. I would have hung the blue and orange one here instead," he says...

Author: By Margaret Seaver, | Title: Unexpected Art in Unlikely Places | 1/9/1987 | See Source »

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