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ugustLive Aid, the 80's version of Woodstock, raised$70.5 million from the 16-hour telecast. FromWembley to Philly, music lovers from differentgenerations united to help the cause-famine re-lief in Africa. Joan Baez opened in Philidelphiaand summoned the spirit of Woodstock. PhilCollins traveled the Concord to share his livemusic with England and America. Live Aid alsosaw the reunion of Crosby, Stills, Nash, andYoung, and Led Zeppelin.

Mick Jagger and Tina Turner exhilaratedthe crowd with their electrifying duet.The two longstanding rockers literallyturned the crowd on when Mick rippedthe snaps off Tina's skirt. It was a fittingending to a long day.

Bob Geldof, whose aim in life was "to getrich and famous," was the innovator be-hind Live Aid which raised millions ofdollars for the African famine relief. In1985 Geldof has elevated himself to hu-manitarian status and Nobel Peace Prizewinner. Geldof used every social occasion,from dinner at the White House to tea inBuckingham Palace with Charles and Di-ana, to educate and gather support for hiscause.

After stunning the world in July by win-ning Wimbledon, Boris "Boom Boom"Becker became the hottest new tennis andteen idol. Dubbed "Boom Boom" for hiscannonlike serve, Boris became the firstGerman and first unseeded player to winthe strawberries and cream champion-ships. With the victory came instant fameand fortune with the world and the ladies.

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In September, President Reagan entered Be-thesda Naval Hospital for the first of two oper-ations to remove cancerous growths on his nose.The operation lasted three hours and duringthe course of his stay our oldest President lostseven pounds. He recovered rapidly, however,and six days later was waving to the crowdswhich flocked to the area beneath his window.

Hurricane Gloria rambled up the Atlanticcoastline in September with rumors thatshe would wreak havoc on most areas withher 150 mph winds. The northeast bat-tened down the hatches to prepare for thesquall, whose bark proved to be muchworse than her bite, although total dam-age caused by Gloria reached $325 million.

The Patrick Ewing Lottery, as it became betterknown as, paid off Mega Bucks. In July, 1985the New York Knickerbockers became theproud employer of the former Georgetown All-American. In September, 1985 Patrick signed arecord $17 million multiyear contract with theKnicks.

1985 was the year which established BruceSpringsteen as the hottest rock star of thedecade. During the previous fifteenmonths, he toured 62 cities and enter-tained over 3.5 million of his closest fans.Tickets for the concerts sold at a recordpace, while some were willing to pay asmuch as $2,500 for a pair of front row seatsat RFK Stadium in Washington D.C.

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ctoberHalley's Comet, one of almost 1000 known com-ets, returned to our skies this fall. The cometmakes its appearance once every 76 years so its30th return attracted great scientific and popu-lar attention, stirr;ng everything from T-shirtproduction to space probes from differentcountries.

October is World Series month and 1985saw one of the most exciting and contro-versial Series ever. Just like the TorontoBlue Jays in the American League Cham-pionships, the St. Louis Cardinals couldnot withstand the tremendous comebackof the Kansas City Royals. The Royals, ledby MVP Bret Saberhagen and GeorgeBrett and help from umpire Don Dekingergave new meaning to the phraseCinderella.

Ty Cobb's major league record of 4,191 base hitshas stood unchallenged for a long time. Howev-er, at Chicago's Wrigley Field, the forty-fouryear old player-manager of the CincinnatiReds, Pete Rose, tied the mark set by Cobb andsurpassed the mark in front of his hometownfans.

1985 was a very bad year for the aviationindustry as it was plagued by accidents,attacks, and near bankruptcy. The crashof a Japan Airlines Boeing 747 into amountainside outside of Tokyo was theworst single airplane crash in history. Ofthe 524 passengers and crew on board,only four survived and were taken by heli-copter to a nearby hospital. Causes for thecrash were sketchy but it is believed anaccident involving the same plane sevenyears earlier may have weakened the tailof the plane.

Leon and Marilyn Klinghoffer could not haveimagined what would happen to them on thefateful October 6 day. The couple were thrustinto international spotlight as four Palestinianterrorists seized the Achille Lauro, the Italiancruise ship they were vacationing on. Leon, whowas 69 and confined to a wheelchair, was shot inthe head and back and dumped overboard. Atright, Marilyn mourns the tragic loss of herhusband.

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ovemberRonald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, theleaders of the superpowers in nuclear warfare,met at the Chateau Fleur d'Eau and interpretedthe world for each other. Among other things,the summit meeting is in part a public ceremo-ny of reassurance and international soothing.However, Geneva produced neither great trea-ties nor triumphant rhetoric. What did Genevaaccomplish? No one can really say. It did bringthe most powerful forces together to communi-cate face to face with one another.

Sorry, ladies, Sylvester Stallone is nolonger on the market. The "Rock" marriedBrigitte Nielsen, 17 years his junior butthree inches taller, in a private civil cere-mony attended by close friends. "Rambo"and his Danish delight went to smoggy LAfor a one-day honeymoon. The two wereback on the set of Cobra the next morning.

Natural Disasters. Nobody can really say whyor how they occur but they do and they areusually fatal. In Columbia, a volcano known asNevado del Ruiz, became suddenly alive leav-ing over 20,000 people dead or missing amongstavalanche of gray ash and mud. The town ofArmero (pop. about 22,500) had virtually disap-peared. The Nevado del Ruiz was the secondcatastrophe in Latin America in two months.On September 19, Mexico had experienced anearthquake of similar force.

Rock Hudson, 59, brought AIDS into thespotlight this year he acknowledged thathe was suffering from the deadly diseasewhich eventually took his life in Novem-ber, 1985. Best known for his roles in Pil-low Talk add Give Me No Flowers, he wastwice voted America's number one box of-fice draw.

On November 8, Prince Charles and PrincessDiana of Wales made a whirlwind tour of Amer-ica. The White House provided the Royal Cou-ple with the red carpet treatment including din-ner at the White House, visits to ArlingtonNational Cemetery, the National Art Gallery,and a Best of Britain display at J.C. Penney.

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ecemberFour commonly dressed men walked intoRome's Leonardo de Vinci Airport at the heightof the holiday rush carrying 13 hand grenadesand four AK-47 automatic rifles. The attackerspreceeded to bombard the terminal with bul-lets, killing and injuring travellers randomly.Five minutes later, 15 people were dead, includ-ing three terrorists and 74 wounded. Minutesfollowing the Rome tragedy, Vienna's Schwe-chat Airport was also attacked by three menoperating AK-47s. The toll: three dead, includ-ing one terrorist, and 47 wounded.

Mergers were so prevalent during the pastyear that they seemed to be a growingtrend. The most significant merger by farwas the acquisition of RCA, which ownsNBC, by General Electric for more thansix billion dollars. While not all mergersare welcomed, they are definitely redefin-ing the size and shape of Americanbusiness.

After Carlo Gambino, the boss of bosses, waskilled in 1976, Carmine Galante, a would-begodfather, was next on the death list. The Fedswere able to protect Galante while in jail until1979, but he was shot down in front of a Brook-lyn restaurant by three men who are suspectedto be from the Gambino family.

The Gramm-Rudman Balanced Budgetand Emergency Deficit Reduction ControlAct of 1985 was finally signed just daysbefore legislators adjourned before theChristmas holidays. The bill compelsCongress to balance the budget, which hasa deficit near the $200 billion mark, withinfive years or face automatic cuts. Thelong-term impact on the economy is diffi-cult to predict, but Gramm-Rudman willforce the President to cut defense spend-ing or raise taxes, or both. The innovatorsof the bill are Phil Gramm of Texas, War-ren Rudman of New Hampshire, andDemocrat Fritz Hollings of SouthCarolina.

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gland finally had some-thing to cheer about in

January. The NewEngland Patriotsand the ChicagoBears squared offin the LouisanaSuperdome forthe Vince Lom-bardi Trophy.The Pats cameout strong asDon Blackmanstopped theWalter Paytonand the Bearsearly, but it wasthe "Fridge",William Perry,and the boysfrom Chicagowho walkedway with thetrophy andleft New En-gland fanslooking for-ward to nextyear and achance forrevenge.

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ebruaryFor years the space program seemed almost in-fallible. Twenty-four successful launches in arow helped fuel the overconfidence. But on Jan-uary 28th, the Space Shuttle Challenger ex-ploded only seventy-three seconds after take-off. The explosion was seen on nationaltelevision, which added to the tragedy of theevent. The American public mourned the lossand scrutinized NASA's policies and decisionmaking procedures in choosing to proceed withthe controversial liftoff.

The seven crew members of the Challeng-er were: Ellison S. Onizuka, ChristaMcAuliffe, Gregory B. Jarvis, Judith A.Resnik, Michael J. Smith, Francis R. Sco-bee, and Ronald E. McNair.

The death of Christa McAuliffe drew the mostnational attention. McAuliffe was part of theTeacher in Space program and was very excitedabout the opportunity to board the Challenger.McAuliffe, a schoolteacher from Concord, NewHampshire, did much to increase students'awareness of the space program and her losswas felt by Americans all over.

The mood in the Phillipines during Feb-ruary was very tense as General Fidel Ra-mos, Vice Chief of the Armed Forces,asked twenty-year President FerdinandMarcos to step down. For years Marcoswas thought to be corrupt and unscrupu-lous. The murder of opponent BenignoAquino added fuel to these allegations asmany feel Marcos had a hand in his death.Aquino's wife, Corazon, succeeded Mar-cos, who fled the country.

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Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale is infamousamong college students. This year, however,students visiting the sunny south had some newlaws to abide by. Florida's drinking age rosefrom 19 to 21, and Fort Lauderdale now prohib-its open containers of alchohol in cars or along-side the strip. While the police hoped these newregulations would help calm down "sin city,"there were seven deaths in Florida this year andalmost all were alcohol related. Regardless ofthe tragedy, sun and fun to be had in Floridawill continue to make it a mecca for collegestudents.

After a long and hard struggle, CorazonAquino finally seized power from Ferdi-nand Marcos and took the oath of office.As new President, she faces Communistrebels and a failing economy. She takes ona government committed to reform butstill caught up in the euphoria of whatthey call liberation.

The summer of 1986 will present many sequels,the most ntoeworthy being Royal Wedding II:The story of Prince Andrew and his intendedSarah Ferguson. In March, the couple, both age26, announced their engagement to the world.The couple will be married at London's West-minster Abbey and will lead the life of a Royalcouple, much like Charles and Diana with onenoteable exception: Miss Ferguson will keep herjob as an executive of a graphic atrs firm inLondon.

Peter Ueberroth sent out the word: nodrugs in baseball. Period. If drugs aredone, it will cost big bucks. The commis-ioner set costly sanctions on 14 players.Keith Hernandez (pictured at left) was theonly player who publicly said that hewould appeal the penalties. However,when he found no support from his fellowplayers, he quickly decided to complywith the new sanctions which will hope-fully run drugs out of baseball.

Isn't this a beautiful sight. Will it continue?Like all good things, it probably won't. But itsure is nice. Gas prices dropped as much as .90tin March due to the plunge in oil prices. Whilefalling oil prices are picking up the world econo-my, they are shaking it at the same time. Someof the developing countries who rely on revenuefrom the oil prices could suffer repercussionsfrom the countries benefitting from the pricedecrease.

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prilTerrorist activity has increased greatly over thepast year. President Ronald Reagan, however,attempted to score one for the good guys whenhe sent thirteen F-111 fighter planes out of En-gland to attack military and intelligence targetsin Tripoli, Libya. It was a response to Libyanterrorism in the world and was not supportedby our allies. In fact, only England backed theU.S. activity, allowing the fighters to leavebases in England.

The NCAA Basketball Championships fi-nally climaxed in early April with theLouisville Cardinals winning their secondtitle in the 80's. The Cardinals, coached byDenny Crum, were led by seniors MiltWagner, Billy Thompson, and Jeff Hall,but it was freshamn Pervis "I ain't nevernervous" Ellison who carried Louisvilleover an excellent Duke Blue Devil team.

Moammar Kaddaffi, who is as mysteriousas is the correct spelling of his name, hasbecome the thorn in the Reagan Adminis-tration's side. He supports terrorism andrevolutionary movements and has beenlinked with many tragedies around theworld. The Libya raid was an attempt toshow Kaddaffi that the United Stateswould not stand for his methods. Whetheror not the attack worked is somethingmany speculate about, along with thequestion of whether or not it was him wewere aiming for in the Tripoli raid.

After not winning a tournament in years,Jack Nicklaus shot an amazing thirty onthe back nine at Augusta to overcomeTom Kite and Greg Norman to win hisfifth green jacket at the Master's Champi-onship. On the fifteenth hole Nicklaus ea-gled the five hundred yard, par five hole tohelp secure the comeback.

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ayCoca Cola is celebrating its 100th anniversarythis year. Coke, which has become as Americantradition over the past century, took a big risklast year when it deviated from its secret formu-la and developed New Coke, to compete withthe increasingly popular Pepsi. However, whenthe public rejected the new formula, ClassicCoke was returned to the shelves to satisfy theloyal consumer.

Fear raced through the world when workleaked out that a near nuclear disaster oc-curred at the Chernobyl Nuclear PowerPlant in the Ukraine. Moscow remainedsilent both to its own people and to theworld as to the extent of the trouble. Itwas not until Sweden, a neighboring coun-try worried about fallout, demanded thetruth as to the true extent of explosionthat Moscow went public. The UnitedStates was never in any immediate danger,although countries like Sweden and Po-land restricted the intake of items such asmilk and fruit.

Roger Clemens was truly amazing in his perfor-mance against the Seattle Mariners. Clemensstruck our Phil Bradly for his 20th stike out anda new major league record for a nine inninggame. His 20 K's surpassed the mark set bySteve Carlton, Nolan Ryan, and Tom Seaver.

In early June, the Boston Celtics won theNBA Championships for their unprece-dented 16th flag. It was inevitable that theCelts would win after racing thru the play-offs in May. And who else would leadthem but the greatest player in all of bas-ketball, the Birdman himself, Larry Bird.Larry had another tremendous year cap-turing his third league MVP award in asmany years. Birdman also vows that nextyear will be different; he'll be better!

Joan Rivers had been the permanent guest hostof Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show for thepast three years. However, in May, Joanabruptly announced that she is leaving the pop-ular NBC program. The reason for the depar-ture: Rivers will host her own talk show on anindependent station that will compete directlywith The Tonight Show. Rumor has it thatRivers news cooled things between herself andthe late night star.

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