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...cost of caring for the primates during their golden years. While subject to experiments, the chimps live alone in huts, but when their brief working lives are over, they are gathered into colonies of eight or ten in in-door-outdoor block houses that give them room to romp. Says foundation official Jorg Eichberg: "They lead a very normal life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texas: Pensions for Primates | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

...Lyndon Johnson crazy? This is the question that transforms Richard Goodwin's account of the 1960s, Remembering America, from an eloquent narrative into a bizarre romp around the psychoanalyst's couch. After beginning with a fascinating account of the Charles Van Doren quiz show scandals, Goodwin winds up with elaborate discussions of LBJ's bowel movements. The result is both controversial and trivial, leaving Goodwin to contemplate rising book sales and a sinking reputation...

Author: By Matthew Pinsker, | Title: Richard Goodwin: Monday Morning Psychoanalyst | 10/29/1988 | See Source »

Twenty-seven seconds into yesterday's water polo Beanpot final, Harvard freshman Pete Richards scored the first of his four goals to pace the Crimson to a 17-9 romp over...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Aquadudes Dunk MIT, 17-9 | 10/14/1988 | See Source »

...Johnson, the world' s fastest human, becomes sport' s most famous steroid abuser, pumping up suspicions of widespread drug abuse. -- Led by Flo- Jo' s joyous medal romp, the athletes run, jump, dunk and slam their way through a picturesque final week of records set and favorites upset. -- One man' s answer to why TV sees less than the eye of the beholder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page: Oct. 10, 1988 | 10/10/1988 | See Source »

...sports. The first gold medal awarded in track and field went to Rosa Mota of Portugal, who won the women's marathon in 2:25:39. While the hot and humid conditions made a new record unlikely, the race was a lot more exciting than Joan Benoit's solitary romp through the streets of Los Angeles in the first- ever women's marathon four years ago. Mota, 30, ran most of the race in the pack. Never, in fact, have so many women run together so fast, so far. When Mota broke away after 23 miles, Australian Lisa Martin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magic On the Track | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

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