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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...made me think about all the changes that have swept through the running shoe industry during the past 15 years...

Author: By Richard L. Meyer, | Title: Running: Still Crazy | 10/5/1985 | See Source »

Playing host to the New England Tennis Championships, the Crimson swept the doubles matches but fell short in the singles draw of the two-day, hurricane-shortened tournament...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Netmen Claim Split Decision Weekend | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

...Mitterrand Paris daily Le Monde and other papers zeroed in on the culpability of the government in the mysterious act of sabotage, the President could no longer remain aloof from what was rapidly becoming one of France's worst political crises in the four years since the Socialist Party swept to power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France Criminal, Absurd . . . and Stupid | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

...well, cheesecake. After she won the Miss America title in Atlantic City last week, however, Susan Akin's first wish was for hot apple pie and ice cream. Since then, Akin, 21, a blond, blue-eyed public relations and communications major at the University of Mississippi, has been swept up in the whirlwind of talk shows, photo sessions and interviews that come with her crown. "For me, Miss America is the ultimate," says Akin, who has participated in at least 100 professional beauty pageants since the age of five. She has picked up a few expert techniques along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 30, 1985 | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

With Garibaldi once again taking the kick, two Cantabs swept across the goal area from left to right, decoying the UNH defenders...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Crimson Blanks Wildcats, 2-0 | 9/25/1985 | See Source »

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