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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...propaganda value, the scapegoat for Cuba's ills, remains. Although less tangible than money or technological knowledge or industrial trade, a lightning rod like Guantanamo can prove invaluable to a young regime like Cuba...

Author: By Paul W. Green, | Title: Maintaining a Unique Balance | 10/5/1985 | See Source »

...become 10th all-time leading scorer among Harvard kickers. Even KICKING GAME: Brian Morris, who has hit on three of five field goals and 12 of 13 PATs, is a four-year varsity kicker. That means he's got the experience. Plus he's good. The punter is senior Rod Lawrence and he's also good...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: The Scouting Report | 10/5/1985 | See Source »

...attendance would have done Oscar or Emmy proud. Elizabeth Taylor served as hostess and co- chairperson. Carol Burnett and Sammy Davis Jr. belted out a medley of show tunes. Fast-footed Hinton Battle strutted his stuff from the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid, and Rockers Cyndi Lauper and Rod Stewart teamed up to sing a pounding version of Time After Time. The audience was even treated to a message from Old Trouper Ronald Reagan, whose ties to Tinseltown remain close and fond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Gala with a Grim Side | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

Take, for instance, the story "Tonight's the Night," whose one-night-stand theme is reinforced by the repetition of the title in a line of dialogue and by a reference to Rod Stewart...

Author: By Jennifer A. Kingson, | Title: Townshend's Horse Fetish | 9/26/1985 | See Source »

...contrast, will offer mostly new segments (two to three per hour) based on stories by such writers as Stephen King, Ray Bradbury and Arthur C. Clarke; the directors include William Friedkin, Joe Dante (Gremlins) and Robert Downey (Putney Swope). The show has the difficult task of living up to Rod Serling's classic series, but the early signs are encouraging. A segment in the premiere show features Melinda Dillon as a harried housewife who has the power to make her noisy world stop dead in its tracks. The tone of antic irony, however, leaves the viewer unprepared for a bleak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Old Habits, New Formats | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

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