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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...result of all this is a frighteningly all-American picture. Red-haired, good-natured--at 6-ft. 3-in. and 205 lbs, he's a little too brawny for a Huck Finn comparison--Woolway has heard the all-American tag before...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: To Harvard From the City of Angels | 11/13/1980 | See Source »

Like Frankenstein's creation and Quasimodo, or any monster worth his salt, Merrick is doomed. But there are no rampaging townspeople screaming for the creature's blood, no corny "'Twas beauty killed the beast" tag line. Elephant Man ends in sadness, but also on a peculiar, vaguely cathartic note. Lynch has made the ultimate monster movie, dark, bizarre, and oddly affecting...

Author: By Jacob V. Lamar, | Title: Affecting Monster | 10/22/1980 | See Source »

Boston Edison is not mounting a specific campaign against the referendum but is merely continuing "its ten-year drive to educate the public about nuclear power," a spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman added that despite the $2 billion price tag on Pilgrim II, nuclear power is highly "cost-efficient...

Author: By Esme C. Murphy, | Title: Ballot Includes Nuclear Plant Question | 10/7/1980 | See Source »

Despite the clergy's opposition, Frank won the nomination by a slim margin of 4,499 votes. More than half of his support came from the richer and less Catholic eastern end of the district. Said Frank: "I sometimes felt as though I was wrestling a tag team, with different people coming into the ring against me." Winning the district's Democratic nomination is usually tantamount to election. Moreover, Frank's Republican opponent is little known: retired Army Dentist Richard Jones, 45, a conservative from the town of Harvard, who opposes gun control and federal funding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The House: Matters of Morality | 9/29/1980 | See Source »

...there are some construction troubles all the MBTA negotiations in the world can't remedy. Inflation has sent the project's costs soaring: the original $300 million price tag has doubled to more than $600 million...

Author: By Esme C. Murphy, | Title: The Red Line: Will the MBTA's Troubles Never Cease? | 9/15/1980 | See Source »

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