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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...though, is disasterous. First of all, "Hammond Song" was the always the Roche's greatest hit and it is permanently associated with them. And secondly, few people if any liked the Roches or thought they were anything more than mistakenly conceived trio of sophisto-bohemes out for an egocentric spin at the buyer's expense...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: Snap, Crackle...Rock | 1/17/1986 | See Source »

...Corp. of America to make sure that the U.S. was not left behind in the field of wireless communications. For many years GE owned the majority of RCA's stock, and the two companies worked together on the development of radios. But in 1932 Government trustbusters forced GE to spin off its RCA holdings, and the firms became fierce rivals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Reunion of Technological Titans | 12/23/1985 | See Source »

Prices pulled out of their spin later in the week, when more cautious members of OPEC played down the threats. But oil-industry experts predicted that an even more dramatic decline could be on the way. By next spring the seasonal drop in demand for heating oil is likely to aggravate the global petroleum surplus. "This collapse occurred in anticipation of trouble," said Constantine Fliakos, who follows the oil industry for Merrill Lynch. "You can imagine what will happen when the real flooding of an already glutted market begins." A price war would be a risky, last-ditch change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spoiling for an Oil-Price War | 12/23/1985 | See Source »

...fact that Spin magazine guru Bob Guccionne Jr. did not return my calls nor offer me that $50,000 per year position we talked about...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: Music Worth Unwrapping | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

...combat the Balmoral Blues, some palace watchers suggest, Diana has followed a course of shopping therapy. Feeling low? Then just take a spin out to Harvey Nichols and buy a few Bruce Oldfields. "Fashion isn't my big thing," Diana insists. But during the first year of her marriage, when she was assembling a royal wardrobe, her clothes and accessories reportedly cost about $2,500 a week. For trips abroad she plots her outfitting like a general drawing up plans for battle, studying the slick fashion magazines, then huddling with favorite designers. She also practices a kind of guerrilla shopping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Prince and His Princess Arrive: Charles and Di | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

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