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...Buffalo Bill in 1976, Altman movie after Altman movie failed at the box office and displeased the tastemaking establishment. The director even tried his hand at an expensive high-concept movie -- the $22 million Popeye, starring Robin Williams -- and it seemed only to certify his career death. During the '80s Altman lived mainly in Paris, returning to the States to direct small movies (Streamers, Beyond Therapy) that did little to rekindle the passion of his erstwhile devotees. Not many people saw Tanner '88, Altman and Garry Trudeau's highly original cinema verite series for HBO about the 1988 presidential campaign...
...with the guns long since quieted and East-West tensions laid to rest, voters no longer cared about his performance abroad. They were too busy fuming about the recession at home and looking for someone to blame for the greed spawned by the conservative revolution of the '80s. They wanted to talk about domestic issues: health care, education and, of course, jobs. To distinguish himself from the perceived heartlessness of his predecessor, the incumbent called for a kinder, gentler nation. It was a nice touch, if somewhat undermined by the negative campaign tactics he used to needle his main challenger...
...toughtimes. the track is on a pace to handle $170million in wagers this year, far short of its $200million target. "Nationwide, the paramutuels aregetting beaten up pretty good and New England hasbeen the hardest hit," Bucci says. "People justdon't have the leisure money they had in the late'80s. Hopefully, the economy will turn aroundsoon." Even if it does, Wonderland will have tocontend with stiff local competition for thegambling dollar. there are dogs at Raynham Parkthoroughbreds at Rockingham Park. there's thelargest state lottery in the country. There's alsoSuffolk Downs just a mile away. In Vader's 1989canine...
Tuition at private colleges, along with room and board fees, rose dramatically during the past decade, easily outpacing the rate of inflation. Tuition was one cash cow that universities could milk through the '80s, especially after the recession dried up public funding and endowment returns. The tuition free-for-all, however, was not cost free. Each time tuition went up, more incoming students required financial assistance, and many of those already paying their own way suddenly needed aid. To cover the rising bills, universities -- you guessed it -- often raised tuition again. As of 1986, 38% of all public-university students...
...cutting the grass. To keep high-paying industries from plucking off promising science talent, universities must provide laboratories furnished with state-of-the-art equipment. To achieve prestige, many schools engage in bidding wars for big-name professors who command $100,000 salaries. Faculty salaries rose through the '80s to make up for lagging paychecks a decade earlier; benefits and health care also escalated...