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...scarier than Stephen King, larger than Big Bird, more outspoken than the young Cassius Clay and one of the best basketball players...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: This Bark Has a Great Deal of Bite | 4/27/1989 | See Source »

...Celtics say it was just a coincidence, but why did they activate Larry Bird right before their playoff series against the Detroit Pistons? Did they need a new towel...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: This Bark Has a Great Deal of Bite | 4/27/1989 | See Source »

...parked on a promontory overlooking a panorama of backcountry hills green as spring in the afternoon sun. A full silver beard spreads over his chest, almost obscuring the picture of a Thompson submachine gun on his red T shirt. THE LAST GREAT AMERICAN FREEDOM MACHINE, reads the legend. A bird-skinning knife is holstered parallel to his belt. Big John is an original road warrior, a man whose history stretches back to the beginning of time as bikers measure it: 20 years riding the Harley express across the country delivering a variety of drugs -- first methamphetamines (called crank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Southern California Tales of the Crank | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

...reason is obvious. Boston is a sports town. When teams from the area win championships, from the pros to the high schools, Boston does not forget. The 1989 Harvard hockey team has joined the city's rich tradition--the same one that has immortalized Bobby Orr, Larry Bird...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students and Athletes | 4/11/1989 | See Source »

...midweek Exxon, owner of the wounded tanker, admitted that the largest oil spill in U.S. history was spreading out of control; by week's end the slick covered almost 900 sq. mi. southwest of Valdez, Alaska, posing a deadly danger to the marine and bird life that teems in Prince William Sound. The story, a tale of unrelieved gloom with no heroes, resembled a Greek tragedy updated by Murphy's Law. Everything that could go wrong did; everyone involved, including the Alaska state government and the U.S. Coast Guard, made damaging errors; hubris in the form of complacency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exxon Valdez: The Big Spill | 4/10/1989 | See Source »

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