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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Rock 'n' roll never looked so good. Long renowned for her ability to fill a leotard, Raquel Welch has lately been stepping into the blue-suede shoes--and tight blue jeans--of such superstar rockers as Elvis Presley, Mick Jagger and Bruce Springsteen. As part of her touring nightclub act, Welch does a medley of tunes that span three musical gen- erations, from Heartbreak Hotel to Satisfaction to Born in the U.S.A. Says Welch: "I've always been a kind of mimic. I'm just doing now what I've done in the privacy of my own home. I really...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 24, 1986 | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

...wears a bright red wig, a tight, sequined bodice, and erotically gyrates behind glass bars. To the sweaty crowds of gawking dancers at a local nightclub, she is flashdance in a cage. To the person next to her in class, though, Susan L. Kelly '87 is just another Harvard student...

Author: By Allison L. Jernow, | Title: Harvard Student by Day, Go-Go Dancer by Night | 2/22/1986 | See Source »

Pandole and Rusty Ball, Harvard's number two player, also competed in the open division. Pandole was able to reach the quarterfinals, where he fell in a tight 3-2 match to Lavossier...

Author: By Steve Li, | Title: Jernigan Upset in NY | 2/18/1986 | See Source »

...emphasis on the family (19 mentions) was rivaled only by his highlighting of the future (16 mentions). His reference to the movie Back to the Future was fitting: his image of the future, a peaceful era of happy families in tight communities, harks back to his vision of an idealized past. For the President, future indicative is past perfect. There were, however, few forward-looking initiatives in his address, in part because budget restraints prevent anything that amounts to more than walking-around money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Back to the Future, Again | 2/17/1986 | See Source »

...hospice in the Calcutta neighborhood of Kalighat was the high point of the first phase of the Pope's ten-day, 14- city tour of India, which ends this week. Although John Paul was treated with respect and courtesy at every turn, the reception was often unmistakably cool. Tight security measures cramped the Pontiff's usual hand-pressing style, but police cordons could not wholly explain the disappointing turnout at stops along his route. Indian political and non-Christian religious leaders sometimes strained to put a distance between themselves and the spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church, whose travel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India a Low-Key Papal Pilgrimage | 2/17/1986 | See Source »

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