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...Fall classic in the 1980s has not been one of repetition. No team that his appeared in the World Series has been able to repeat next year--a clear case of "from champs to chumps." Yet, three teams have played in at least two World Series in the '80s. Name these three teams...
Last week a painting was sold at auction in London for $39.9 million or, in real money, some 5.8 billion yen. This was the highest price ever paid for a work of art. The multimillion-dollar marvel is now a commonplace of the '80s: a Turner went for $10 million in 1984, a Mantegna for $10.4 million and a Van Gogh for $9.9 million in 1985, and a Rembrandt for $10.3 million and a Manet for $11 million in 1986. Nevertheless, this one brought in more than three times the previous record established in 1983 with the sale...
...spare comments enhance a sense of mystery and allure. Photos of his sister in her 20s reveal mischievous Tartar eyes and a determined jaw. In the 1940s, she could have been one of the European film beauties who used only one name, like Valli and Annabella. In the '80s, her diary could yet make her a "hot property." Perhaps even now, Meryl Streep's telephone is ringing off the hook...
...gardens, horticulture died, as far as I'm concerned. Then the back-to- the-landers brought vegetable gardening back in the 1960s. It took the mystery out of it. Light. Heat. Sun. The right spot. All you need. People got involved. Houseplants took off in the '70s. In the '80s, the focus moved outdoors. We sell it as landscaping, an investment that grows...
Overnight, it seems. Back in the early '80s, the state had so much oil money that State Representative Hoyt ("Pappy") Moss proposed to bail out Chrysler, Cleveland and a couple of other basket cases in the Lower 48. A few years before that, the legislators, in a gesture of unprecedented largesse, did away with the state income tax. In its place, they substituted a state- sponsored giveaway. Each and every resident was paid an annual "dividend" of some $500 merely for living in the state. The big spenders in Juneau also voted to give residents 65 and older an additional...