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...private discussions, they nevertheless displayed a dignity that transcended the much hyped designer-dress face-off. Pressed by a reporter about style-wars comparisons, Nancy Reagan aptly retorted: "I really think that's a little silly. I mean there are very important things being discussed here, and what somebody wears or doesn't wear really isn't terribly important...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping Up Appearances | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...biggest winner in over-the-counter stocks was Span-America Medical Systems, a South Carolina manufacturer of foam pads for hospital beds whose shares jumped from 3 1/8 to 22¾. Also among the highflyers were the Gap, the casual-wear retailer, whose stock more than tripled, from 20½ to 62¾; and Tonka, the Minnesota toymaker, whose Pound Puppies and Go-Bots carried its shares briskly along from 10¼ to 27½. On the American Stock Exchange, American Medical Buildings, which had a close brush with bankruptcy in 1984, was the biggest of the big last year. It jumped from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Notes: Jan. 13, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...Extended-wear contact lenses, worn by millions of Americans, may cause corneal damage. Warnings about an overdone operation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Table of Contents Jan. 20, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...session in the Dade County correctional institution, I had to phone the head of the Florida state department of corrections, the penitentiary superintendent and Morris' lawyer, many of them several times," she says. "Four hours before the shoot they decided we could take the pictures, but Morris couldn't wear the jersey." Though the prison permitted Photographer Red Morgan to cart in lights, cameras and pounds of paraphernalia, Morris' jersey was deemed to be contraband. To authorities, apparently, Morris is no longer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter from the Publisher: Jan. 27, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

Back when Berry was the favorite receiver of Johnny Unitas and just about everyone else, his attention to minute detail was as much a part of his lore as the one leg shorter than the other or the feeble vision and sensitivity to light that sometimes required him to wear the only football helmet ever equipped with sunglasses. On the road, Berry actually carried his own bathroom scale to be sure of a consistent reading. If he played best at 182 lbs., he did not intend to be 181 or 183. Unitas still marvels at the diving catches Berry insisted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Sudden Flash of Patriotism | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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