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Sawing the ends off his long sticks, fashioning a collage of tape and talcum, Gretzky remains after the others to tinker and think. "If anyone wants Neil Diamond tickets," someone advises the room with a shout, "call Dorothy." Gretzky looks up in puzzlement. "Who's Neil Diamond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Masters of Their Own Game | 3/18/1985 | See Source »

Cleary played with "miles of tape" and freshman Scott Farden returned to action after a month...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Icemen Send Knights for a Falle | 3/16/1985 | See Source »

...Unidentified thieves last Friday, March 1, stole a Sony video recorder and a Technics tape deck, valued at $1500, which had been left unattended in the Science Center...

Author: By Richard L. Meyer, | Title: Two Local Men Arrested For Cocaine Possession | 3/9/1985 | See Source »

...Michael Jackson. On the black market in Tehran, his cassettes fetch up to $50, and videotapes of the Gloved One rent for up to $100 a night. Many houses regularly become covert discos. In response, detachments of Islamic Guards, acting on informers' tips, have been raiding homes and confiscating tapes. The government apparently fears that the Jackson clubs could influence Iranian youth to turn against the regime's fundamentalist dogma. With good reason. "When the regime treats a smile as an anti-Khomeini gesture," notes one former resident of Tehran, "a Michael Jackson tape is more dangerous than the Communist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran: Sounds From the Underground | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

...authorities seem determined to find evidence of foul play. The hotel bartender, who hates whites in general and Tillman especially, feels free to slander the dead woman: "Daht ol boney-bag he call his muddah grabbin aht every blahck boy on de beach." As bad feelings spread and red tape unreels, the proprietor must store his mother's body in the kitchen freezer, prompting a walkout by the staff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Paradise Lost Easy in the Islands | 2/18/1985 | See Source »

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