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Sophomore Hobey Baker candidate Tony Hrkac set the national record for points scored in a season when he recorded his 111th last weekend. First-line mate Bob Joyce notched his team-record 50th goal on the season...

Author: By Adam J. Epstein, | Title: Of War Hoops and Puckstoppers | 3/24/1987 | See Source »

Sasner, who had two goals and three assists in the Crimson's 10-0 trouncing of B.U. in last week's opening game of the Beanpot Tournament, scored her 50th career goal in the early minutes of the first period to give Harvard a 1-0 lead...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Icewomen Tackle Tigers, 5-4 | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

...Vegas disco. In the sumptuous lounges, digital panels indicate the time and altitude, and electronic maps chart the jet's current position. Inside a coffee table, a color monitor shows a view of the ground. Built into the ceiling is an elaborate electronic map of the cosmos, a 50th-birthday gift to Khashoggi, who is fascinated by astronomy. One by one, against a dark background, the outline of the constellations lights up, the tiny stars winking against the blankness. Aquarius . . . Cancer . . . Gemini . . . Then there is Leo, Khashoggi's birth sign, and as the constellation brightens, a small image...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Businessman Adnan Khashoggi's High-Flying Realm | 1/19/1987 | See Source »

Fantastic parties are a Khashoggi signature. Christmas was a simple tea compared with his 50th-birthday fete in 1985, at which he entertained more than 400 guests at a three-day extravaganza. His birthday cake, a model of Louis XIV's coronation crown, was created by a chef who was flown to the Louvre to study the original. Khashoggi's parties also take place in his 30,000-sq.-ft. quarters incorporating the 46th and 47th floors of the Olympic Towers in Manhattan. Created out of 16 separate apartments, the abode has a pool that overlooks the spires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Businessman Adnan Khashoggi's High-Flying Realm | 1/19/1987 | See Source »

...poetic resonance of the Golden Gate Bridge, its famous sister across the water to the west. And even though the Bay Bridge is six months older and, at 8 1/4 miles, almost four times as long as its glamorous relative, the span received only small change to celebrate its 50th birthday: $70,000, vs. a projected $6 million to be lavished on the Golden Gate next May. Still, the connection between the San Francisco peninsula and the East Bay, crossed by 250,000 autos a day, helped transform once distant rural areas into bustling commuter suburbs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anniversaries: A Modest Bridge Party | 11/24/1986 | See Source »

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