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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...know summer's over when the Harvard Invitational comes to town...

Author: By Mia Kang, | Title: First Up for Netmen: Harvard Invitational | 9/22/1989 | See Source »

...were anyone other than Barney Frank...If I were to have a woman prostitute in my employ for my own self-gratification, I'd be run out of town," Michel said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Republican Leader Lashes Out at Frank | 9/20/1989 | See Source »

Manhattan Transfer: The men's frustrating 1-0 overtime loss to Columbia left them with more memories of New York's stuffy subways, stale pretzels and sidewalk garbage than of Broadway, the Carnegie Deli or the Metropolitan Museum of Art. And these were no little-town Blues--after 120 minutes of brutal fouls from Lion defenders, the forward line could relate better to New York's muggings than its knishes...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Booters Brave the Big Apple | 9/19/1989 | See Source »

...trying to take. And there were people -- not just in Congress, but developers and builders and so forth -- who wanted to keep programs that I wanted to get rid of because I thought they were wasteful. I think about the names I've been called in this town. I've been called Stepin Fetchit, I've been called Silent Sam, Mr. Mayor.* I've been called Svengali. It shows what people will do. To be popular, you must have a lot of programs, a lot of money for everybody, including the builders and developers and consultants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Silent Sam Speaks Up | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

...consequences of rain-forest destruction became more widely known, saving the Amazon became the cause of 1989. In New York City, Madonna helped organize a benefit concert called "Don't Bungle the Jungle," which also featured the B-52s and the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir. Xapuri, the remote town where Mendes lived and died, has been besieged by journalists, agents and pilgrims. Robert Redford, David Puttnam and other prominent moviemakers have sought the rights to film the Mendes story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Playing with Fire | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

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