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...plot (surprise, surprise) revolves around the competition between a likable but apparently low-born shepherd Strephon (Arthur Fuscaldo), who happens to be a fairy from the waist up, and therefore immortal, yet insufficiently prestigious to vie with the rapacious royals for the fair Phyllis' (Laurie Myers) hand in marriage...
August 1985: Several former Harvard staff members, led by Kris Rondeau, split from the UAW after months of in-fighting, to form the independent Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW). The UAW remains on campus and the two groups vie for employee support...
...columns and went home. Meanwhile, in front of the Village, one of the enemies of capitalism, G.D.R. Figure Skater Alexander Koenig, 21, politely priced a taxi and apologetically demurred. "Three dollars to the Chinook Center? I'll wait for the shuttle," he said. "Not much money. C'est la vie...
...Greg LeMond's victory in the Tour de France last year has spawned a generation wanting to wear the red, yellow and blue of the La Vie Claire-Look-Toshiba team--the advertising is synonymous with the team...
...third oldest state. The nonpartisan American Association of Retired Persons, boasting 300,000 members in the state, is spending $250,000 on TV ads and phone banks to prompt older Iowans to make their presence felt on caucus night. Senior-citizen centers are frequent campaign stops, as most candidates vie to affirm their commitment to the sanctity of ever rising Social Security benefits. Only Babbitt, who advocates full taxation of benefits for the affluent, and Dole, who is willing to freeze cost of living adjustments, dissent from this united front of pandering politicians...