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...prison can be hard on a man, and when Gotti finally appeared last week in Brooklyn Federal Court, the "Dapper Don" of the tabloids showed signs of fashion fatigue. No tie. No tan. His graying hair no longer meticulously styled. Only a starched white pocket handkerchief, practically a Gotti trademark, hinted of better days as the alleged head of the Gambino crime family. While attorneys painstakingly questioned prospective jurors, whose names were kept secret for their protection, Gotti suffered another setback: U.S. District Judge Eugene Nickerson ruled that during the trial, the boss could not eat lunch in the courtroom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mafia: Trials of a Dapper Don | 9/1/1986 | See Source »

This season's most promising performer is a spotted tan gilt named Huckleberry Hog, who has a good shot at breaking the record: 4.48 sec. on the flat, held by a gilt named American Made. But even if she sizzles to a new speed record and is enshrined in Heinold's hog hall of fame, poor Huck's fate is already sealed. After a brief breeding reprieve -- to produce not racers but simply high-quality piglets -- she gets a one-way ticket to the abattoir, along with all this year's other stars. Says Holding, who plans to retire from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Porcine Pacers: Pig races pack 'em in | 8/25/1986 | See Source »

...prints are okay. For men, no Speedos. These belong in Cannes, not in Menemsha. The College-age-and-under crowd get points for the most outrageous Jams available (read: anything with Fuschia as a principal color). Young marrieds go for the white boy scout trunks--they set off any tan you might have acquired and perpetuate the knight in shining armour/LaCoste bathing suit myth. Anyone over the age of thirty should watch it, because cute suits on not-so-cute bodies is not cute...

Author: By Cristina V. Coletta, | Title: Where The Old Boys Play | 8/12/1986 | See Source »

...still a few weeks til Labor Day, you'll get ice cream, fudge and tee shirts, a tan if it's not raining, a thesis advisor if it is, a check-up if you need it, and some financial counseling if you don't. What have you got to lose...

Author: By Cristina V. Coletta, | Title: Where The Old Boys Play | 8/12/1986 | See Source »

...front of the tracks were typical of dinosaurs, not humans, and that the tracks widened at the front more than human prints would. It was not until later, Kuban recalls, that he noticed toeprints, outlined in the same bluish-gray material that helps distinguish the tracks from the tan-ivory surrounding rock. Further study revealed similar tracks, but with distinct toeprints...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Defeat for Strict Creationists | 6/30/1986 | See Source »

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