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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Well, not so unattainable as they used to be. After near extinction in the 1960s and '70s, ballroom dancing has waltzed back into fashion. "Almost every romantic comedy movie I've seen lately has a ballroom-dance scene," observes Hilary Ginsberg, co-owner of New York City's Roseland, with one of the largest dance floors in the world. Across the land, nightclubs are revising their programs to meet the demand for a place to swing, mambo, tango or waltz. Business at private dance studios is booming, with an estimated 600,000 students signing up for lessons this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Around And Around Again | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

EDGAR DEGAS, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. If there must be blockbuster shows, this is the kind to have -- huge (more than 300 works), thought provoking and beautiful. Its like will not be seen again in our lifetime. Through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Oct. 24, 1988 | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

...rear of the plane and kept away from things," Meyers recalls. Morale became so bad that the Nixon people added another public relations man to the staff to entertain reporters. "One of his talents was making funny little animals out of balloons," Meyers laughs. "But once you've seen one little animal, you've satisfied a lifetime need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From the Publisher: Oct 24 1988 | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

Since last winter, Bush strategists had known they had to spruce up the Vice President's image. George Bush was seen as awkward, wimpish, maladroit. So Bush's handlers engineered a makeover. They had him utter self-deprecating cracks about his lack of charisma. They arranged for him to be photographed amid his photogenic grandchildren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Likability Sweepstakes | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

...Competent people are sometimes seen as arrogant," says Bush's director of polling, Vince Breglio. "He's made competence his emblem. But competence is only a part of image. A President has to be open and caring, as well as tough and hard. He must project a comfortable image. It's tough for Dukakis to retrace his steps now and make himself nice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Likability Sweepstakes | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

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