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...tandem of Peter Palandjian and Arkie Engle captured the doubles title while Co-Captain Bill Stanley finished runner-up in the singles tourney...

Author: By J. H. K., | Title: Netmen Hit the Court | 2/18/1987 | See Source »

...agreed that a live response would be more newsworthy than a pretaped show. Although it was the turn of House Democrats to give the response, Wright decided that inviting Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd to join him would show that Democrats in both chambers are determined to work in tandem now that they control all of Capitol Hill. Twice last month the two met in Byrd's ornate office to outline what they would say. Each leader drafted his own speech on yellow legal pads, consulting colleagues and party stalwarts like Clark Clifford and Robert Strauss for suggestions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Live Opposition | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

...Bandits appeared a year ago, this freewheeling use of the Chief Executive might have produced disbelief. Now stretches of the novel seem to run in tandem with daily headlines. This accident of timing may help the book's sales, but Leonard's imaginative license is liable to be mistaken for a matter of fact. That would be unfair because the author makes unlikely events spring from carefully prepared plausibilities, some of which, through no fault of his own, may actually occur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tough Talk and Local Color Bandits | 1/12/1987 | See Source »

...California, with numerous points in between. The common thread in Morris' stories, both early and late, is an odd, intense vision of life after nearly all passion has been spent. Well into their marriages, husbands and wives coexist in uneasy truces, wondering whether their remaining energies will run in tandem or blow each other apart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Rising Cost of Living Collected Stories, 1948-1986 | 12/1/1986 | See Source »

Horse showing is usually considered the tandem activity of a horse-and-rider team that has trained together for several months. In IHSA competition, however, the horse and rider are not even permitted to warm up before their event...

Author: By Kristin Olson, | Title: A Day at the Ascot | 11/13/1986 | See Source »

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