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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...United Nations, the Soviet ambassador, Alexander M. Belonogov, told reporters Thursday that Moscow "gave a warning signal to Washington," before the American jet fighters shot down the Libyan planes, to show restraint and "not to raise the tension in the area." He refused to elaborate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pentagon Says Libyan Jets Were Armed | 1/6/1989 | See Source »

...TRUMP TAMER Switching from gabbing to grabbing, former talk-show host Merv Griffin outmaneuvered developer Donald Trump for control of Resorts International, the Atlantic City hotel-and-gambling company. The megarich Merv paid $364 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Most of '88 | 1/2/1989 | See Source »

...automotive allegiance. It's that Ford Motor Co., the maker of the Continental, offered free cars for the film in exchange for putting Bond behind the wheel of its top-of-the-line luxury model. So it was farewell, Aston Martin. In the lucrative world of product placement, show business and big business are seeing eye to eye about getting brand names into the movies. Says director John Badham, who incorporated Alaska Airlines, Apple computers, Bounty paper towels and Ore-Ida frozen french fries into his film Short Circuit: "If we can help each other, and it doesn't intrude...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Plugging Away in Hollywood | 1/2/1989 | See Source »

...young stars faced: overprotective, underaffectionate parents (Louise Fletcher, Peter Michael Goetz), Richard's drug problems, Karen's growing obsession with losing weight. The scrubbed duo make drug abuse look positively wholesome, but the movie deftly grafts the morbid thrills of a disease-of-the-week drama onto a traditional show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: The Pulp Message of the Week | 1/2/1989 | See Source »

...Show Business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page Vol. 133 No. 1 JANUARY 2, 1989 | 1/2/1989 | See Source »

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