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Bird proved superior in both the 200 freestyle and the 200 butterfly, finishing the butterfly even over three seconds ahead of the next competitor. Lutz, meanwhile, was golden in the 200 individual medley and the 200 breaststroke, in addition to the medley relay...

Author: By Joseph Kaufman, | Title: Aquamen Leave Quakers Sputtering, 80-22 | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

...superior athlete and a great leader in all respects," Haggerty said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thinclads Snag Second in Bostons | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

...around the clock and features 6,000 items, ranging from moccasins to sleeping bags to camel-hair cardigans. However, many more Americans know the company through the 75 million L.L. Bean catalogs that are mailed out annually. Celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, the company, founded to market a superior hunting boot, has become a $362 million business that sells its merchandise 24 hours a day by telephone and employs 1,850 workers full time, with an additional 1,800 on , duty during the peak fall-to-Christmas season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where the Customer Is Still King | 2/2/1987 | See Source »

...only eight months ago, and her partner, Jeffrey Edwards, 22, a veteran of not quite two years. The world of Fragonard may never have existed, but these two created it in their performance, Tracey with her perfect placement and polished gaiety of manner, Edwards with his ardor and already superior partnering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Peter Martins' Little Nothings | 2/2/1987 | See Source »

...Iraqi defenders last week fought the Iranian offensive to a blood- drenched standstill. Some 60,000 Iranian troops remained dug in six miles east of the heavily fortified earthenwork defenses, known as the "wall of steel," that surround the city. The Iranian attackers were under constant bombardment by the superior air- and fire-power of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's forces. The wounded were said to number 15,000 for the Iraqis and 45,000 for the Iranians. Since Iran began its latest series of attacks on Christmas Eve, an estimated total of 30,000 combatants have perished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: The Long Siege of Basra | 2/2/1987 | See Source »

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