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During his confirmation hearings, Ryan, a former Labor Department lawyer, readily conceded that he knows little about the thrift industry or the S&L cleanup, the cost of which Comptroller General Charles Bowsher estimated last week at up to $500 billion. If Ryan was in an awkward position, so were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THRIFTS: Take This Job And Do It! | 4/16/1990 | See Source »

Not every musical is gutsy enough to make its big ballad the first words an audience hears, or to introduce both its other showstopper tunes within the next 20 or so minutes. But then few composers have the confidence in the spectator -- or maybe it's just the chutzpah -- to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Romance, Mostly Misguided | 4/16/1990 | See Source »

Admittedly, such endeavors are not exactly spectator sports. "The Wave" is not allowed during debate rounds, and anyone caught yelling "Sieve!" would be ejected from the site of a chess or math competition. It is hard to picture a well-attended rally in front of Widener in honor of the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Is Number One | 4/11/1990 | See Source »

But major league baseball, the most popular spectator sport in the country, double-crossed us. The owners locked, the players walked and, in terms of Opening Day, everyone balked.

Author: By M.d. Stankiewicz, | Title: A Sad Sports Fan Returns to Reality | 3/16/1990 | See Source »

Freshman Marty Clark's match against the president's son looked like it was going the other way at first. With security forces turning away every would-be spectator except his parents and sister, Clark's support was lacking.

Author: By Rebecca D. Knowles, | Title: Racquetmen Ruin the President's Day; Tigers Succumb, As Cristiani Looks On | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

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