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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rest of the deceased represented the entire string of small-time Trainer Mike Daggett, plus one dark three-year-old filly, the first horse under the complete care of Apprentice Trainer Steve Lewandowski, 26, and the only racehorse of Owner Katrina Hayward, 22. Her name was Concession...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Wintry Fire in Barn 48 | 3/10/1986 | See Source »

Yesterday's string of recommendations follows a 10-page report by the Undergraduate Council's residential committee, which analyzed some of the detrimental effects of the new alcohol policy on house life...

Author: By Nina E. Sonenberg, | Title: College Urges Easing House Party Rules | 3/4/1986 | See Source »

...reality, the vast majority of delegates does no more than listen to a string of speeches on foreign policy, economic objectives and the role of the party. When asked to vote on proposals, delegates raise red credential books in approval. The propositions have been hammered out long before in the party's Central Committee, where true power resides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union the Reformers Lead the Way | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

...fellow "wiseguys," as New York hoodlums call themselves, were plotting to kill him. He had been arrested on a drug charge, and his Lufthansa-heist partners were afraid he might talk to the feds. Their fears were well-founded; the following year Hill's testimony resulted in a string of convictions. The canary later sang to Nicholas Pileggi, a veteran journalist, in various secret locations around the U.S. The result, told largely in Hill's words, has the sound and horror of authenticity, The Godfather minus the glamour. There is no rich, family feeling here, no accretion of loyalties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wrong Lane Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family by Nicholas Pileggi | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

...alive by crushing Penn, 80-65, completing a two-game season sweep of the Quakers. The hoopsters bear no resemblence to the squad that lost to Princeton the previous night, shooting 50 percent from the field and tallying 22 assists. The only dark spot is that Duncan's consecutive string from the free throw line ends...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: Cagers' Remarkable Season Remembered | 2/26/1986 | See Source »

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