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Originally hailing from Limerick, Ireland, the Sullivans have lived for decades in Cambridge's Putnam Square, where the family's father initially owned a horse-and-wagon business. "The Sullivans are not a political dynasty--they are visible and respected, but they have not forgotten where they came from," Noonan says...

Author: By Elsa C. Arnett, | Title: Mayor Sullivan's Family Honored for 50 Years in Local Politics | 10/21/1986 | See Source »

...booze." On the other hand, the vendors of arts, crafts, and other non-food items were overwhelmingly in favor of the new policy. Sona Belle, who sold Balinese jewelry at the fair, recalls: "[Last year] it got seedy toward the end. We were right next to a paddy wagon, and police were handcuffing a youth; it was kind of violent." Asked how business was going, she commented, "It's basically the same, but this is nicer. People who came to Oktoberfest for alcohol are disappointed I'm sure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eighth Oktoberfest: Many Sales, No Ales | 10/14/1986 | See Source »

...brand-new station wagon. 2) Sell off your shares in Conglomerate Corp. 3) Give a generous donation to Ivy University. 4) Apply for a home- equity loan to pay for the new boat. 5) Take a trip to an investment seminar in Hawaii and deduct it as a business expense. 6) Schedule Joe's long- postponed gall-bladder operation. 7) Pay business expenses (like your accountant's fee) a year in advance so you can write off a larger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing the New Tax Game | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

...mind, were cut so lean in the seat and thighs that Women's Wear Daily called the fit "impossible" for regular-size folks. Some department stores were stunned at Lauren's demand that they include in their displays so many props. Among them: cacti, split-rail fences and wagon wheels. Lauren soon moved on to other themes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Selling a Dream of Elegance and the Good Life | 9/1/1986 | See Source »

From that meeting sprang a partnership that enriched the American musical theater with Brigadoon (1947), Paint Your Wagon (1951), Camelot (1960) and the show many credit as the genre's best, My Fair Lady (1956). Those lush romantic period pieces became big-budget Hollywood movies, usually with scripts by Lerner, and the two created another nostalgic costume epic, Gigi (1958), directly for the screen. Their style of show eventually went out of fashion. Their songs never did: Thank Heaven for Little Girls, If Ever I Would Leave You, They Call the Wind Maria, I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oh, Wasn't It All Loverly | 7/21/1986 | See Source »

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