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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last 150 Soviet missiles will be sent to Afghanistan. Russia hasn't used atomic weapons against the rag-tag Afghan resistance because they know Pakistan is well-stocked with arms and trigger-fingered. But the Soviets believe their rockets may well do heavy damage to any Afghan villages that are still standing. America may be forced to send a few of the sawed-off missiles to the other side. Welcome to "peace...

Author: By Bentley Boyd, | Title: 101 Uses for a Dead Missile | 12/15/1987 | See Source »

After all, how did a rag-tag bunch of college hockey players defeat the Soviets in 1980 when the NHL. All-Stars couldn...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Hockey Goons: Dinosaurs Of The '80s | 12/12/1987 | See Source »

...Wonder, in particular, the next four weeks may determine whether the company survives. The fledgling firm, founded in 1985 in Fremont, Calif., became an industry legend on the strength of two blockbuster toys: Teddy Ruxpin, the personable talking bear that debuted in 1985, and last year's Lazer Tag ray-gun game. The company, soon known aptly enough as WOW, chalked up earnings of $18.6 million on sales of $327 million during its past fiscal year, making it one of the fastest-growing new manufacturing concerns in history. But in the view of industry analysts, the company expanded too swiftly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Call These Toys? | 12/7/1987 | See Source »

...routinely sell for $10 per ft. in height plus $50 an arm -- and can fetch ten times that amount in Europe and Japan. For instance, a rare 19-ft. crested saguaro lifted from Quartzsite, Ariz., turned up in a Las Vegas nursery with a $15,000 price tag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Cactus Snatchers | 11/30/1987 | See Source »

...order to compete in Australia, each player has to raise $1500-$1800, the cost of transportation, room, board and other minor expenses. Kingston is trying to lower the price tag for each player by encouraging donations and helping with fund-raisers...

Author: By Martha C. Abbruzzese, | Title: Ruggers Off to Australia | 11/24/1987 | See Source »

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