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...second period, things began to fall apart for Harvard. First, Dave Tretowicz hit the Crimson post with a slow roller from the blue-line. Then, with 11 minutes remaining in the period. junior Dave Mellen converted his first career goal from the same sport Tretowicz had launched his bowling ball six minutes earlier...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: It's a Final: SLU Versus Clarkson | 3/12/1988 | See Source »

...riderless limos are not the only sign that the 1988 Jackson campaign is a far cry from the seat-of-the-pants, roller-coaster operation of 1984. The dilapidated Lockheed Electra turboprop (which later crashed) has been replaced by a DC-9, complete with computers. Schedules, just vague advisories in the last campaign, which ran on Jesse Jackson time (three hours behind all known time zones), are sometimes adhered to. Church choirs warming up the crowd are still crucial, but now so are the hard-nosed strategists busily color-coding districts on wall-size maps. "Eighty-four was a crusade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Than a Crusade | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...Mike Richter, 21, the American goalie. "These breakups are the worst," he said, chomping on an apple. "A rushed goodbye after being together so long: How do you do it?" The U.S. hockey team finished seventh and was even jeered by International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch, who roller-skates a little. "I feel hollow," Richter admitted, "but I'll remember the quality of the competition too, and the nod I got once from the Soviet goaltender Evgeni Belocheikine, going into the cafeteria. It was pretty nice. I liked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: The Memory Count | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

Children in attendance said they wereparticularly enthralled with Coco, a real-liverhesus monkey, and Zippy, the roller-skatingchimpanzee. The similarities between Zippy and thefictitious Curious George were highlighted byhaving a real-live man in a yellow hat followZippy around as he did his roller skating tricks.In many of the Reys' book, the fictional man inthe yellow hat chased after Curious George on hisadventures...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: Curious George Feted on 50th Birthday | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

...these prices for real? Ground beef, 87 cents per lb. Oranges, eight for $1. Car batteries, $25. Videocassette recorders, $180. Yes, but that is just the beginning of the surprises. Here comes a clerk -- whooosh! -- on roller skates. And just look at these 20-ft. mountains of merchandise, from catsup to cameras, mustard to mufflers. Disoriented yet? This is the green zone, where groceries are sold. For everything from mouthwash to antifreeze, go to the blue zone. Tired? Here, sit down on one of the convenient wooden benches and sip some free cider or coffee with other weary shoppers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Come Malls Without Walls | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

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