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...notoriously materialistic decade of the '80s draws to a close, America must renew concern for its future and the future of its children, newscaster Jane Pauley said in her Class Day speech yesterday afternoon...

Author: By Kelly A. E. mason, | Title: Pauley Addresses Graduates | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

...tennis team falls to Pepperdine, 7-2, in its first of many NCAA appearances in the '80s...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Year in Review | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

June: The men's heavyweight crew wins its third national championship of the '80s...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Year in Review | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

...know how to roll it on the fork!" That's not all. "Why is pasta overcooked in America? Why is it oversauced? I get depressed." She regrets having put a cold-pasta recipe in her More Classic Italian Cookbook, which apparently sparked America's pasta-salad boom in the '80s. "I'm so embarrassed," she rails, explaining that cold pasta is not a part of traditional Italian cuisine. Not that she doesn't favor many American foods: hot dogs, pastrami, the world's best steaks, corn on the cob. Says she: "Americans are so much more curious and open-minded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: Battling Spaghetti O Taste Buds | 5/29/1989 | See Source »

...their newest, most invigorating collaboration, these three godfathers of the '80s action epic have adopted a father of their own. Sean Connery, who as James Bond helped sire the thrill-machine genre, brings his masterly charm to the role of Indiana's estranged dad Henry Jones. Lucas and Spielberg, Ford and Connery prove that a sequel can be as fresh as the face of a teenage Indy confronting his first hairbreadth challenge. Indy 3 is the same, different and better. It infuses vitality into the action-adventure, a movie staple whose ravenous popularity and endless, predictable permutations have nearly exhausted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: What's Old Is Gold: A Triumph for Indy | 5/29/1989 | See Source »

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