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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...although the Centenary booters are nicknamed the "Gentlemen," they have yet to get any respect from the national polls...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Booters Favored for NCAA Tournament Bid | 11/6/1987 | See Source »

...recent years Centenary has played such top-ranked teams as SMU and Illinois St., but this season the Gentlemen were unable to make, so many long road trips--and the big names refused to come to Shreveport...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Booters Favored for NCAA Tournament Bid | 11/6/1987 | See Source »

...students of 20th century American diplomacy was left by Henry Stimson, a tireless diarist and letter writer who served a number of stints as Secretary of War and State from 1911 until 1945. Stimson was the man who ordered the dismantling of a government code-breaking outfit, later explaining "Gentlemen do not read other people's mail." This mind-set led to some very frank and revealing letters and diary entries. Historians piecing together the momentous decisions of World War II have the luxury of comparing personal writings in which Stimson and Navy Secretary James Forrestal describe the same sets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: History Without Letters | 8/31/1987 | See Source »

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the 89th annual Academy Awards to honor the best films of 2017. I'm your host, Drew Barrymore, and I'm pleased to begin the evening by presenting the Irving G. Spielberg Award to a man who, some say, has long deserved an Oscar as best actor. Perhaps for his starring debut, in which he courageously demolished racial stereotypes by playing a poor black child ((clip from The Jerk)). Or for the holy rage he summoned as he renounced Kathleen Turner with a ferocious "Into the mud, scum queen!" ((clip from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sensational Steve Martin | 8/24/1987 | See Source »

...Gentlemen...

Author: By A Grader, | Title: A Grader's Response | 8/18/1987 | See Source »

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