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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Second, Boston College's pre-game warm-up looked like something out of "Sports Spotlight," as balls shot by the Eagles hit each other more often than they...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Aquadudes Drown B.C.; Head to 'Pot Final, 14-7 | 10/14/1987 | See Source »

...NOTEBOOK: Speaking of "Sports Spotlight," Bob Lobel and WBZ-TV Channel 4 are reportedly interested in covering the final game tomorrow. There should be a lot of crowd shots...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Aquadudes Drown B.C.; Head to 'Pot Final, 14-7 | 10/14/1987 | See Source »

Hungary's economic woes have been tied to a period of political stagnation under Party Boss Janos Kadar, 75. Last week's parliamentary debate, however, threw the spotlight on a younger, more dynamic figure: Prime Minister Karoly Grosz, 57, the former Budapest party leader, who assumed the post only two months ago. "Time is pressing. We cannot wait. We have to act," Grosz declared to loud applause from the 340 assembled Deputies. His performance fed speculation that he is the leading candidate to succeed Kadar, who has held power for 31 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hungary Reform Adjusts to Realities | 10/5/1987 | See Source »

...recent weeks the gay population at Yale has been put in the spotlight, as The Wall Street Journal published an article in August stating that the university is gaining a reputation as a gay school. Almost everyone on the New Haven campus, including administrators and gay and straight students, disagrees, saying The Journal's figure of one in four students being gay is more than double the accurate count...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Integrating the Gay and Straight | 9/23/1987 | See Source »

...confined to the company's machine-tool subsidiary. Congress is considering several proposals that would impose sanctions, the most severe of which would ban Toshiba's exports to the U.S. for as long as five years (potential annual loss: $2.8 billion). Other companies may soon join Toshiba in the spotlight, for the increasingly vigilant Japanese government is said to be investigating some 20 firms it suspects of violating the country's technology-export laws...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beware Of Machines in Disguise | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

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