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...Class of '91, there could be another Char Joslin just waiting to shine...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Freshmen Set to Invade Athletic Arenas | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

...Tandy fight it out in the IBM-compatible marketplace, Apple (1986 revenues: $2 billion) continues to thrive by going its own way with machines that run on different software. The company's products have long been favored by educators and hobbyists, but now more corporate customers are taking a shine to the newest machines at the core of Apple's line: the Macintosh SE and the Macintosh II. Many executives have decided that Apple's machines are more user friendly than comparable IBM models. Apple's success in the office market is largely the work of Chairman John Sculley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No More Downtime | 8/17/1987 | See Source »

...ingratiating as he was industrious, North made many friends around the White House, especially among his superiors. William Clark, Allen's successor, took a shine to the intrepid Marine, and his replacement, Robert McFarlane, looked upon Ollie as another son, but one in need of supervision. Only Admiral John Poindexter seemed relatively immune to Ollie's charm, but North still almost always got his way with Poindexter. Among his male colleagues, North could swear like a dirtwater Marine, but when a woman entered the room, he cleaned up his speech. Says one woman at the White House: "With women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: True Belief Unhampered by Doubt | 7/13/1987 | See Source »

NCAA fencing champion Jim O'Neill--one of twoHarvard individual national champions this pastyear--continued to shine in national competition,placing second in the US Championships last month...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Men's Crew Defeated In First Race at Henley | 7/7/1987 | See Source »

...white tie and tails and make magic with homely props -- a golf club, a hat rack, a handful of firecrackers. In Band Wagon, glum and lonesome, he entered an amusement arcade and emerged 6 1/2 minutes later, having completed the greatest solo dance in movie history, Shine on Your Shoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fred Astaire: 1899-1987: The Great American Flyer | 7/6/1987 | See Source »

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