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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mixed. Jesuit Theologian Jean Michel welcomed relief from today's "dull and uninspiring" vestments- by-catalog. But a priest at the Paris chancery office saw new evidence of the "crisis in the West." Meanwhile, an old woman entering Notre-Dame cathedral was perturbed: "Why dress up priests as circus performers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Designer Vestments | 7/14/1986 | See Source »

...anchored Weekend and NBC News Overnight, feature- journalism shows that were mostly seen in off-peak viewing hours. Yet Ellerbee seems to have had a prime time. "And So It Goes" is a breezy collection of anecdotes about covering the news both soft and hard: the circus as well as political campaigns (because she was dressed in jeans and a parka, George Bush mistook her for a network electrician). Ellerbee talks tough about the shortcomings of her profession and salty about sex and sexism at the office. The saline reporter with a whim of iron is not a pose. This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Summer Reading | 7/7/1986 | See Source »

...shaped like a map of the U.S., opened in 1960 and closed four years later at a loss of $20 million. Houston's Hanna-Barbera Land, a pizazzy play park for children, closed last September after two years. Half a dozen theme attractions, from Stars Hall of Fame to Circus World, have failed within the shadow of Walt Disney World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: If Heaven Ain't a Lot Like Disney Theme Parks | 6/16/1986 | See Source »

...Theirs [the University's celebration] is a bit more extravagantzavy (sic) and we don't have the budget to do something like that," says Coletta. "It wouldn't be appropriate. That's a multi-media circus and this [the undergraduate celebration] is quite different...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: An Intimate Gathering | 6/5/1986 | See Source »

...Green Group--13 and 14-year-olds--and the Red Group--10 to 12-year-olds--will watch the cycling film "Breaking Away," go to the circus and the amusement park, go roller skating and to the beach, and have their own dance parties...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: Reunion Kids Cavort in Yard | 6/3/1986 | See Source »

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