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Weekly's secret is her desire to take her savings, hoarded over many years of sweeping and scrubbing, and buy some land where she can spend the rest of her days in peace. Her problem is the arrival of Nastasya Torben, an imperious Russian emigre and former employer, newly widowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Flowerings the Newspaper of Claremont Street | 12/7/1987 | See Source »

The Big Board's worst day finally ends. Traders try to assess the damage. It will take them four more hours to process paper work created by the 604 million traded shares, a record. The day's loss of 508 points is another, most unwanted, first.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Crash: A Shock Felt Round the World | 11/2/1987 | See Source »

Under ordinary circumstances the sale of IBM computers to Transnautic Shipping, a company based in West Germany, might serve as a stirring example of America's ability to compete overseas. Transnautic, a Hamburg firm that coordinates ship traffic in the West German port, has been a satisfied customer indeed, buying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shoot-Out At Tech Gap | 10/12/1987 | See Source »

Baby Boom has a made-for-TV premise: J.C. Wiatt (Diane Keaton), a totally career-minded yuppie executive, finds herself saddled with an unwanted baby, hence the title (Get it? Yuppies, babies . . .). Baby Elizabeth literally drops into J.C.'s lap without the messy inconveniences of pregnancy or the question of...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Baby Bummer | 10/9/1987 | See Source »

Carr's piece, entitled "S. End landmark and an unwanted future neighbor," was about a gay bar that is trying to move across the street from Foley's--apparently one of Carr's favorite "blue-collar" drinking spots. He begins his gay-bashing by noting that Chaps--the name of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Controversial Carr | 10/2/1987 | See Source »

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