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...tick him clean in style...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Aural Fixations | 5/10/1985 | See Source »

...Dalkon Shield proved a health menace to some users, and it has been a continuing financial nightmare for A.H. Robins, which stopped manufacturing the intrauterine contraceptive more than a decade ago. Robins, whose products include Robitussin cough syrup, Chap Stick lip balm and Sergeant's flea and tick collars, last week reported a 1984 loss of $462 million, giving the company a net worth of minus $128 million. Reason: the lingering and costly legal side effects of the Dalkon Shield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Payout: A $615 Million Liability Fund | 4/15/1985 | See Source »

...here it is, 3:54 remaining and Harvard on the move, 3:54 remaining and the gap about to narrow. Tick, tick, tick, Smith shoots at a half-open net. Just wide. Tick, tick, tick. The puck sits there for ages in the B.U. crease. Deraney falls...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Might Have Been | 2/5/1985 | See Source »

...last week. "Think of it," he said in a low voice, seated in front of a wood fire in the calm of the Oval Office. "You're sitting at that desk." He pointed across the room at his working chair. Only the muted crackling of burning logs and the tick of the old grandfather clock broke the silence. Reagan's eyes were squinted, his brow tense. "The word comes that they're (the missiles) on their way. And you sit here knowing that there is no way, at present, of stopping them. So they're going to blow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Alternative Is So Terrible | 1/28/1985 | See Source »

...indeed, an irritating challenge to provoke Bok to reveal something else about himself. He seems genuinely entertained when a reporter attempts to poke about and explore his personal life, to see what makes Bok tick. The president is fully aware that the interviewer isn't going to get anywhere...

Author: By Andrew S. Doctoroff, | Title: Beyond the Mass Hall Mystique | 1/10/1985 | See Source »

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