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...should apply the spotlight to Jackson's highly controversial and debatable claim that he cradled a dying King in his arms. Coretta Scott King and other leaders of the civil rights movement still resent Jackson's actions during the days after King's death, especially his claim that the turtleneck he was wearing had the slain leader's blood on it. Does this show Jackson is an opportunistic showboat...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: It's Time to Take Jesse Seriously | 4/5/1988 | See Source »

...lean, graceful East German on the practice rink was muffled against the cold; a pink cap was pulled down to her eyebrows and a white turtleneck sweater pulled up over her nose. An American skater had no problem identifying the woman to a visitor: "There she is -- the one with the lovely long legs." The "she" is Karin Kania, perhaps the finest and most admired woman speed skater of this or any other Olympic year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympic Preview: The Foreign Favorites | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

...suddenly turned up at his home on the colony's fashionable Shouson Hill. After rousing Li, the former chairman of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, the officers thoroughly searched his luxurious three-story house. Then they led away the 58-year-old billionaire, who had hurriedly donned a turtleneck sweater and sports jacket. At the same time, other government squads were arresting two of Li's closest associates: Jeffrey Sun, former chief executive of the stock exchange, and Donald Tsang, who heads the exchange department in charge of new stock listings. The three men were taken to the operations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Billionaire on The Griddle | 1/18/1988 | See Source »

Although a few undergraduates have ventured to Shay's and enjoyed it, the bar's excessively cerebral image puts off the less artistically-oriented. John O'Brien '88 says, "You need to be wearing a turtleneck...

Author: By Laura S. Kohl, | Title: Plenty of Room at the Inn: Harvard Square's Least Popular Eating Joints | 11/8/1985 | See Source »

That night, Charlie gets a call from Irene, who had high-tailed it from the New York wedding reception to California. Twelve hours later Charlie, too, has made the trans-continental voyage. Under the California sun we see Charlie--proudly sporting a hideous yellow blazer stop a black turtleneck shirt--and Irene eating lunch in L.A. Not surprisingly, he soon proposes marriage, and they decide that the song playing the background will be their song...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Honor Without Credit | 7/4/1985 | See Source »

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