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...there were a Harvard Sports Hall of Fame, Leelee would be in it--if not for her stick, then for her schtick...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Don't Call Her Evelyn... | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

...rhetoric, the piece is successful, making Habermas out to be a man obsessed by obtaining a place in history and using philosophy as a tool to achieve fame. But as for engaging a fellow thinker's ideas and trying to come to grips with them, it fails--largely for lack of trying...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: Questioning Motives | 6/7/1988 | See Source »

...almost four years. But it is not infallible: an additional $1 million enabled the 1985 Singin' in the Rain to survive almost a year, yet apparently did not recoup the show's $5 million- plus investment. Still, says Carrie's composer Michael Gore, whose credits include the movie Fame, "you can't produce a Broadway show without a reserve fund. That is my major dissatisfaction with this show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: The Biggest All-Time Flop Ever | 5/30/1988 | See Source »

Angell argues, quite cogently, that combination of large salaries paid to major-leaguers, along with their youth, sudden fame, and the pressure of demands to produce, is almost a guarantee of high levels of drug and alcohol abuse, and argues convincingly against the unchecked adulation we bestow upon our favorite players...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: Going Out to the Ballgame | 5/25/1988 | See Source »

...offbeat matchup, Jane Amsterdam of upscale magazine fame is named editor of New York' s grittiest tabloid -- the Post...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 5/23/1988 | See Source »

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