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...best male pop vocal (Thriller). The sylphlike Prince of Pop even dominated the show's commercial breaks. His two eagerly awaited Pepsi-Cola ads made their debut during the 3½-hr. telecast. There was an unusual extra thrill for his tirelessly squealing fans when the soft-spoken superstar removed his dark glasses just once, explaining, "My friend Katharine Hepburn told me I should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 12, 1984 | 3/12/1984 | See Source »

...have to give George Washington a lot of credit," the soft-spoken Floridian said on the birthday of the nation's first President. "He was the one who held it all together...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn and Charles T. Kurzman, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSONS | Title: On the Road in New Hampshire | 2/23/1984 | See Source »

...first act's jokes and jibes build to a peak full of sexual and cultural references and effectively contrast the modern, sterile WASP society with the lively traditional Italian, by pitting the soft-spoken and slender Aggy against the raucous and obese Francine...

Author: By Stuart A. Angang, | Title: Hold the Commentary | 2/3/1984 | See Source »

Benjamin Rosen, 50, a major investor in Lotus Development and chairman of Compaq Computer. Sophisticated and possessing a soft-spoken wit, Rosen earned electrical-engineering degrees from the California Institute of Technology and Stanford and worked first for Raytheon as an engineer. While still in his 20s, he decided to become a stock analyst. He picked up an M.B.A. degree, worked for Coleman & Co., a New York securities firm, and then for Morgan Stanley & Co. and began publishing a highly regarded electronics-industry newsletter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making a Mint Overnight | 1/23/1984 | See Source »

...into eight smaller companies, which takes effect on New Year's Day, will be felt by every person in the U.S. who uses a phone, or expects to benefit from new communications technologies that the breakup should inspire. The man who supervised this landmark case is an unassuming, soft-spoken German refugee, virtually unknown outside a small circle of jurists. Yet Federal Judge Harold H. Greene, 60, in an extraordinary display of judicial activism, has, almost singlehanded, determined the shape of the nation's new telecommunications system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Four Who Also Shaped Events | 1/2/1984 | See Source »

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