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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Herschel Walker really that good? For all those players and all those draft picks the Minnesota Vikings gave up, Walker better run like O.J., catch like Largent, throw like Unitas, block like Upshaw and tackle like Butkus...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, WIRE DISPATCHES | Title: The Quake and the World Series: Baseball Takes Back Seat to Safety | 10/19/1989 | See Source »

Sensor is the product of Gillette's all-out effort to lure customers away from throw-away razors, which have grabbed more than 60% of shaver sales. Gillette makes such razors too, but they typically produce a thin profit margin for their manufacturers. The Boston-based company invested $200 million in Sensor technology, and will spend an additional $175 million this year to introduce the product. When it goes on sale in January, Sensor will be priced at about $3.75 for the razor and three blades. Gillette hopes to sell 15 million razors the first year and snare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAZORS The $200 Million Shave | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

...like. He runs a ski college in Aspen, and has made volleyball and badminton instructional videotapes. Using high-speed cameras and computers, he has analyzed and critiqued the techniques of such star athletes as baseball's Reggie Jackson, pro-football quarterback Steve Grogan and Olympic stars Al Oerter (discus throw) and Edwin Moses (hurdles). In tennis, his coaching helped launch the careers of Tracy Austin, Eliot Teltscher and Jim Pugh (a mixed-doubles winner at Wimbledon this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teaching Tennis to Toads Vic Braden, Coach Extraordinaire, Uses Humor and Physics to Show Nonstars | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

...litany of environmental hazards associated with our throw-away society is old news. Deteriorating styrofoam releases chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), resulting in serious depletion of the earth's protective ozone layer. A group of British scientists reported in 1985 that the ozone layer over Antartica had been diminished by 40 percent. Despite global agreements to curb their use, CFCs' destructive potential lasts long after they are released. And even CFC- free styromfoams are not harmless; they will clog our landfills for centuries to come...

Author: By Mia Kang, | Title: The Enemy is Us | 10/14/1989 | See Source »

That's not all. On the PAT, Lehigh faked the kick--snapping the ball to quarterback Todd Brunner, who sent a pass to Sczerbinski. This time, however, the throw was incomplete...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Ivy Squads Prepare for the Real Thing | 10/11/1989 | See Source »

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