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...most nagging question is when Iacocca plans to relinquish the driver's seat. Sitting in his cluttered office and smoking an eight-inch Cohiba cigar given to him by the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Iacocca answers the question by first conceding that he has slowed down a little. "I * can't take the pace around here anymore. Those 16-hour days are for the young crowd. It comes with age -- you slow down a step like the ballplayers." But Iacocca sees no reason why he should necessarily retire at 65, and none of his subordinates wants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chrysler Thinking Fast and Making Moves | 11/24/1986 | See Source »

...football is a spheroid, measuring 11 to 11-1/4 inches long, with a short circumference of 21 to 21-1/4 inches and a long circumference of 28 to 26-1/2 inches. It is constructed of a rubber bladder inflated 12-1/2 to 13-1/2 pounds per square inch, and it weights 14 to 15 ounces...

Author: By Bob Cunha, | Title: The Poetry of The Game | 11/22/1986 | See Source »

...unseasonably early three-inch snowfall surprised many Harvard students. "I couldn't figure out why I couldn't see out my window. I was really shocked," said Kristin M. Waldmann...

Author: By Camille L. Landau, | Title: Snow Startles Students | 11/20/1986 | See Source »

Located in front of the Currier House grill, the Juke stands seven feet tall and sports a 22-by-16 inch sceen. Its speakers are loud. Very loud. And, whether it's fed money or not, the Juke is programmed automatically to play videos and televised alcohol advertisements...

Author: By Christopher J. Farley, | Title: Currier's Got Music Videos | 11/7/1986 | See Source »

...Boston's special pain. Not like Cubs pain (never to get there at all), or Phillies pain (lousy teams, but they did take it all)--but the deepest possible anguish of running a long and hard course, again and again, to the very end, and then self-destructing one inch from the finish line...

Author: By Stephen J. Gould, | Title: The Best of Times, Almost | 11/5/1986 | See Source »

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