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...talking about a man whose best friend is a chimpanzee named Bubbles. Michael takes Bubbles ever-where he goes, talks to him, taught him the moonwalk, and sleeps with him. He also owns a 300-pound python named Crusher, a Llama dubbed Louis, and an assortment of dogs, cats, birds and other animals...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Is Michael Still a Thriller? | 4/14/1988 | See Source »

...poor road maintenance. Panama has imposed a dubious "lights and buoy" fee on ships approaching the canal, although the treaty prohibits such charges. At the rate of 1.25 cents a ton, the levy could raise as much as $2.5 million a year. But the penny-wise move could have pound-foolish results. In retaliation, Washington has threatened to revoke a fee exemption enjoyed by Panamanian ships at U.S. ports. The amount: 50 cents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What About the Canal? | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

Hill became the first wrestler from an Ivy League school to win two consecutive EIWA championships since Pat Welch of Cornell captured the 150-pound titles in 1984 and 1985. Harvard had a good showing, with Captain Peter Holmes finishing in fourth place, while Andy Konovalchik placed fifth. Holmes also made first team All-Ivy. while Konovalchik was named Honorable Mention...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Greene Lives a Diving Dream | 3/18/1988 | See Source »

...Winter Shelter Program was a temporary program for the heating season and that "from the onset, we were up front about the fact that this was only a temporary shelter." He said its closing was "no surprise," except to The Boston Herald. "It's not like some 800-pound gorilla came in and told us to shut it down...

Author: By Mitchell A. Orenstein, | Title: Herald Hits Shelter Closing | 3/15/1988 | See Source »

...Champlain Street. He pointed out two Jamaican men in hooded sweatshirts, standing guard outside a decrepit apartment building. "They're protecting everything that's going on inside," says Moyer. "You see the same thing every day. A car pulls up and two guys get out. One's got a pound of cocaine in a plastic bag. And the other one has an Uzi under his coat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where The War Is Being Lost | 3/14/1988 | See Source »

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