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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Thomas Alva Edison, possessor of 1,093 patents, advertised with as much genius as he invented. The flyer for the early phonograph had a likeness of Uncle Sam, and the copy said, "Uncle Sam takes off his hat." Edison called the phonograph the Triumph. He made a million. -By Gregory Jaynes

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Virginia: A Convention for Inventions | 3/5/1984 | See Source »

...media circus a two-ring affair. Reagan, whose job rating has dropped 12% since January, gave campaign speeches to 7,600 in Waterloo's Cattle Congress auditorium (only the Rolling StoneMn 1981, drew a bigger crowd) and to 7,000 more in Des Moines. Like most lowans, Democrat Sam Kauffman, a barber in Audubon (pop. 2,841), got a kick out of all the national attention. Said he "We don't get the chance for that kind of limelight very often...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going for a Knockout | 3/5/1984 | See Source »

Cornell(76)--Lan Palmer 1-2--4; Brad Bomba 6-0--12, Kan Bantum 7-4--18. Drew Martin 5-2--12 John Bajusz 8-12--20. Sam Givens 2-6--10. Derek Williams 0-0--0, Fred Hedengren 0-0--0. Eric King 0-0--0. Andy Loder 0-0--0. Totals...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Cornell Crushes Harvard's Ivy Hopes | 3/3/1984 | See Source »

...really expecting the Republicans to make any major inroads into the Democratic majority in the House. The real action is going to be in the Senate, where a shift of six seats could return the Democrats to the top perch and return important committee chairmanships to senators like Sam Nunn (Armed Forces), Edward M. Kennedy (Labor and Human Resources), and Lloyd Bentsen (Environment and Public Works...

Author: By Paul DUKE Jr., | Title: King of the Hill | 2/28/1984 | See Source »

Reported by Sam Allis with Mondale and Richard Homik/Concord

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Tie That May Tightly Bind | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

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