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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Meanwhile, Baker stationed herself smack in the middle of the box, and grounded Garibaldi's ball in from about 15 yards...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Crimson Blanks Wildcats, 2-0 | 9/25/1985 | See Source »

...picked up an important echo that was probably associated with the Titanic. Armed with that information, Knorr scientists decided to deploy Argo at that spot. In less than a week, the researchers received the first dim video images of the Titanic that they had been praying for. "We went smack-dab over a gorgeous boiler," crowed Ballard to the Canadian television network CTV. "It was just bang, there we were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: After 73 Years, A Titanic FIND | 9/16/1985 | See Source »

...judge from the kiss, they like wedded bliss. In fact Charles and Diana were osculating all over the British tabloids last week. The princess awarded her prince a relieved smack when he led his polo team to victory at a benefit match after his horse stumbled and nearly landed on top of him. The next day he lost, but fair maiden rewarded him nonetheless. As Britons sighed over their still astonishingly golden couple, someone did happen to notice a diamond ring given to Diana by Louis Gerard, a Paris jeweler who sponsored the polo benefit on behalf of Birthright...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 15, 1985 | 7/15/1985 | See Source »

Talk about meeting cute. The handsome young man (Mel Gibson) bolts from his cell on Pittsburgh's death row and lands smack on top of the warden's beautiful wife (Diane Keaton). Ron Nyswaner's script is based on fact--a 1901 jailbreak masterminded by the young matriarch who had fallen in love with one of the convicts--but the tone is pure High Hollywood elegiac. This is revolution as amour fou, which Diane Keaton knows something about from her turns as Louise Bryant in Reds and the frazzled Mata Hari in The Little Drummer Girl. Keaton and Australian Director...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Rushes Mrs. Soffel | 1/14/1985 | See Source »

Artificially low food prices must be raised to encourage farmers to grow more food. At the same time, the land must be restored and methods of production improved. But the existing methods for encouraging redistribution of domestic investment smack of imperialistic meddling...

Author: By Dtane M. Cardwell, | Title: Keeping Hunger at Bay | 11/28/1984 | See Source »

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