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...twisting until their knot unravels. "Anita's stuck again." Laughter. Julie: "Double duck-ducks, please." Kids on haunches in one large circle again. Hector, tagged "Goose," has to run outside the circle to tag Felice. Slips and collisions. Howls, exaggerated pain. Circle re-forms. Julie: "Huggy-bear two." Kids embrace in pairs. "Huggy-bear five." Kids embrace in clusters of five. Hector to observer: "Love at first sight." This is an elimination game. Last boy pretends to weep with self-pity, moans, "Rejected." Julie again: "Emotional machines." Kids make instant clusters, constructs of their bodies. In a cluster one girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Christmas Story | 12/30/1985 | See Source »

...forgotten his lily-pond roots. Next month Muppet Creator Jim Henson and more than 200 of Kermit's friends are getting together to toast America's best-known frog on his 30th birthday. Called The Muppets, a Celebration of 30 Years, the one-hour CBS special will feature Fozzie Bear as master of ceremonies and Big Bird, and, at the Green One's insistence, will showcase the talents of Miss Piggy, who first starred on the show in 1975. Set in a lavish ballroom, the anniver- sary fete will include high- lights from the Muppets' TV specials, as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 30, 1985 | 12/30/1985 | See Source »

Burr went over the edge on a bitterly cold Monday morning last week. Before setting out in his aging pickup, the strapping 6-ft. 2-in. Burr strode into the kitchen of his farmhouse and shot his wife Emily dead; friends said he evidently could not bear her having to live with what he was about to do. He then drove six miles to Hills (pop. 550), Iowa, and entered the Hills Bank & Trust Co., where he owed more than $400,000. After a teller refused to cash a $500 check because his account was overdrawn, Burr fetched a loaded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He Couldn't Manage Any More | 12/23/1985 | See Source »

...elated. The award could catapult the 36th-largest U.S. oil company into the ranks of the oil giants. Pennzoil's stock, which stood at $49.875 a month ago, closed at $66.125 last week. Upon hearing Casseb's ruling, Pennzoil Attorney Joseph Jamail and Chairman J. Hugh Liedtke exchanged bear hugs and laughed aloud. When a reporter asked a jubilant Liedtke whether he still might settle with Texaco, he replied, "We're always willing to discuss matters. The problem is that dealing with Texaco is like trying to frisk a wet seal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Texaco Star Strikes Out in Houston | 12/23/1985 | See Source »

...plane's fuselage remained intact. The stricken craft left trees burning and strewn like pickup sticks in its wake. The DC-8's debris and the soldiers' personal effects were scattered in all directions. A boot remained upright. A knife hung from a web belt. A stuffed bear lay in the snow. Two tiny dresses meant for a trooper's daughter somehow escaped the flames...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fall of the Screaming Eagles | 12/23/1985 | See Source »

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