The New Paper, 27 August 1988
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Title Section18 1988-08-27 1 the new paper SATURDAY, AUGUST 27/ SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 1988 MCI <P) 179/4/88 50 CENTS the new paper18 words
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Advertisement88 1988-08-27 1 CAN S'PORE DO tW WITHOUT TERRY? JEFFREY LOW wonders if too SftjSB many hopes are pinned on |H^Hj injured team captain. WORLD 10,11,12,13 STOCKS 13 SHOWTIME 14,15,16,31 RADIO 17 TV GUIDE 19,_20 TRAVELNOTES 25 FOODNOTES 26 COMICS 27,28 NOWMATTERS 29 FASTADS/JOBS 32,33 RACING 34 SPORTS 34-40 STUPID CRIMES MAKE NO88 words
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Advertisement42 1988-08-27 1 NTI DEGREE IS FASTEST TRACK TO A JOB /Page 6 ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK It's where bored, rich women go for a piece of the action. Instead of clubs full of pretty girls, they find pretty boys. What goes on here? IHHh42 words
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Article, Illustration30 1988-08-27 1 All train and air travel halts. Government offices close. Hundreds of thousands clog streets (at right) to pressure socialist regime tO get OUt./Page 2 Picture/ REUTERPicture/ REUTER - 30 words
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THENEWSTODAY
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Article291 1988-08-27 2 Wire services. PROTESTERS have stepped up pressure on Burma's embattled government by bringing all train and transport to a halt across the country. The general strike that now grips Burma adds to the impression of a country ne&ring chaos. The nation is now almost whollyWire services. - 291 words
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159 1988-08-27 2 Wire services. NEW evidence shows patients recover faster from surgery if suggestions are made to do so while they are under anaesthesia. The Lancet, a British medical journal, reported today that women who heard messages promoting quick recovery as they underwent surgery got better fasterWire services. - 159 words
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117 1988-08-27 2 Reuter. WHEN assassins plot in the African state of Liberia, they like to leave nothing to chance. A prosecution witness has told a court that a witch-doctor was hired for $400 to cast a spell that would make sure assassins did not botch an attemptReuter. - 117 words
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Article, Illustration246 1988-08-27 2 Danny Tan - By Danny Tan HE CALLED. He waved. He yelled. But the long row of people in front of Peranakan Place did not budge. But deejay Hamish Brown refused to give up. He had created a scene right out of the movie Fame, in whichPicture/ Jonathan Choo - 246 words
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Advertisement16 1988-08-27 2 Take the "POWER" before you swing out at the Swing Singapore'BB. The power to swing. 116 words
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Miscellaneous29 1988-08-27 2 THE WEATHER WEATHER outlook for Singapore from noon to midnight: Showers over many areas in the afternoon. Maximum temperature: 31 degrees. Sunset today: 7.10 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 7.01 am.29 words
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SINGAPORE/THAILAND
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Article, Illustration344 1988-08-27 3 Ronald Wong - By Ronald Wong e ACH morning at the Mahathat temple in Bangkok, a group of people surrounds a f Cannonball tree, waiting silently. When one of its flowers drops, hands shoot out to grab it. But only one hand is rewarded, and the owner yells for joy and leavesPictures/ Steven Lee - 344 words
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Article, Illustration24 1988-08-27 3 Can't be bothered: At the Singapore Botanic Gardens there was not even a passing glance 'for the wayside blossoms. Picture/ Nicklaus D'crusPicture/ Nicklaus D'crus - 24 words
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Article, Illustration14 1988-08-27 3 Hopeful: Thais and curious tourists waiting for the flowers to fall.14 words
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SINGAPORETODAY
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Article, Illustration414 1988-08-27 4 Ronald Wong - 'Dream home' winner loses Bayshore flat i By Ronald Wong It would be unfair to customers to allow company employees to enter company contests. Even the appearance of unfairness must be avoided. This was the general view expressed by representatives of414 words
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Article201 1988-08-27 4 FOR: 'But no skill was involved' MJUNST: 'Yes, but a rule is a rule' IS it fair that a "dream home" you have won in a contest be given back because you work for the company that sponsored it? This question was put to seven people who had201 words
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154 1988-08-27 4 Abdul Hadhi - By Abdul Hadhi THE customer is not always right. This one was at a hawker centre for supper, where he heard a few sarcastic remarks. Things got out hand, and on Thursday he was fined $500 for attacking a hawker. Labourer Lim154 words
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177 1988-08-27 4 IT took less than a minute for two men to steal $17,000 from under the nose of a despatch clerk. It happened in a bank at a counter. Mr Mohd Jalil bin Sahnun, 27, a finance company's despatch clerk, and177 words
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Article198 1988-08-27 4 FOR all those Singapore men who can't see very far past their nose without glasses congratulations! The medical word is that men who wear glasses are usually the best educated and may even be the smartest No more "Mr Four Eyes" jibes! A clear link between198 words
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Article195 1988-08-27 4 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. AntMywoyt:Unknown. If a person remains anonymous when he gives money to charity, it means that he does not want his name to be made known to people. Coatowplatos: Thinks195 words
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Article, Illustration473 1988-08-27 5 Leong Chan Teik - BY Leong Chan Teik THEY say looks can kill. And that's a good thing for snorkellers and shell collectors to remember when tempted to pick up some of the many sea creatures common to Singapore. Some of the most beautiful shells and sea animals can be the deadliest.473 words
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Article, Illustration448 1988-08-27 6 IF YOU want to get a job fast, enrol at the Nanyang Technological Institute. A survey of last year's Singaporean graduates from NTI found that almost all of them (98 per cent) were employed by the end of 1987. And sex didn't seem to matter448 words
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Article178 1988-08-27 6 PEOPLE who travel on business rank Changi Airport as the world's best but it's hard to put a finger on exactly why. "It's the overall," Mr Geoffrey Perry said today. Perry, 65, is chairman of Business Traveller, the magazine that makes surveys on how airports stand178 words
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Article, Illustration86 1988-08-27 6 Bruised ego: This is not someone's way of clearing stuff from the boot of his car. A reporter and photographer from The New Paper were on their way to cover a political rally in Yishun when they came across this accident It happenedPicture/ John Tan - 86 words
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Article111 1988-08-27 6 A VIGILANTE corps member on the prowl with a walk-ie-talkie was arrested by police. The reason? He wasn't on duty, and the walkie-talkie was stolen. VC Osra Bin Osman, 20, pleaded guilty earlier this week to stealing the device and was jailed for a day111 words
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Article, Illustration261 1988-08-27 7 M R HO Chin Seng is one driving instructor who may give you homework after a driving lesson. That's because Ho, 41, has written a computer programme, The Advanced Theory of Driving, to give his students the edge when they take the test. The programme,261 words
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Article, Illustration25 1988-08-27 7 *****2 *1 r..-w about i nM SAF storekeeper named Majid bin Tahmad who organise* jong on Sentosa started in 1906.25 words
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Article, Illustration471 1988-08-27 8 Augustine Low, Ng Wan Ching, Chitra Rajaram - WHAT THEY SAY Stories/ Augustine Low, Ng Wan Ching, Chitra Rajaram WHO can best run town councils was the main issue at last night's People's Action Party rally in Yishun. The opposition has been saying running a town council is no big deal.Pictures/ John Tan - 471 words
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Article118 1988-08-27 8 TOWN councils will be discussed for half an hour on television tonight. The programme will start at 9.40 pm on Channel 5. SBC has recorded interviews with six candidates from five political parties on the topic. They are Mr Kenneth Chen (PAP), Dr Tay Eng Soon (PAP),118 words
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Article, Illustration162 1988-08-27 8 The challenge On Thursday Mr J B Jeyaretnam challenged the People's Action Party to a TV debate on the elected President proposal. The Workers' Party says the proposal should be decided by referendum. Its secretary-general wants the debate televised live, with no editing. Mr J B Jeyaretnam of162 words
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127 1988-08-27 8 THE elected presidency issue was the main theme at the two Singapore Democratic Party rallies last night. They were at Bishan and Hougang. The people were asked to beware of any attempt by the PAP Government to expand the powers of an elected127 words
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Article156 1988-08-27 8 WP Mr Goh Seng Soon, 7 to 10 pm: Jalan Bahtera Junction off Um Chu Kang Rd. Mr Tan Soo Phuan, 7 to 10 pm: Central (sad lorry/but park Depot Rd car park TB 23. Mr Francis Saow, Or Lea Slew Choh, Mr Motid Mailt Baboo, 7 to156 words
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Article119 1988-08-27 8 DR TAY Eng Soon, Minister of State (Education) and Eunos GRC candidate, said last night: "We are fighting very hard to prevent Dr Lee Siew Choh and his two fellow party candidates from taking charge." He said the reason is that Dr Lee is119 words
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Article300 1988-08-27 9 Abdul Hadhi - By Abdul Hadhi CRIME doesn't pay. In fact, it hasn't even been making any "cents" lately. Take the case heard in court on Tuesday. A man was charged with stealing the exhaust pipe from a motorcycle. Oddly enough, he left the rest of the300 words
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Article, Illustration117 1988-08-27 9 A MAN was numb to the fingers of a woman who stripped him. Except in his case, he was undressed of his gold chain and pendant. L G Lim's reason was unromantic he was drunk. The woman, nightclub waitress Toh Hock Eng, wasPictures/ Choo Chwee Hua - 117 words
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Article, Illustration220 1988-08-27 9 YESTERDAY was the 15th day of the hungry ghosts festival, the time when most believers make bumper offerings to spirits. And when they burn bumper quantities of joss papers and joss sticks. The New Paper found that most people are still making bonfires on pavements, on220 words
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139 1988-08-27 9 THEY waited outside a coffeeshop for customers, charging 20 per cent for loans to desperate people. Yesterday, it cost them $5,000 each in court fines. Tan Joo Heng, 25, and Ling Hwa Sing, 27, pleaded guilty to running an illegal moneylending business in March last139 words
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Advertisement21 1988-08-27 7 Its Singapore's first street party August 27, 9.30 pm on Orchard Road Organised by •sAFRA Produced sponsored by /S\ Sani @s>21 words
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WORLDTODAY
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Article195 1988-08-27 10 Bernama. THE losers of the Johor Baru by-election blame a split in Malay and Chinese votes for their defeat. The National Front candidate, Mas'ud Abdul Rahman was defeated by the independent candidate Shahrir Abdul Samad. In the three-cornered fight, Shahrir, a former minister, polled 23,581Bernama. - 195 words
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Article, Illustration381 1988-08-27 10 Irene Hoe - By Irene Hoe DATUK Shahrir Abdul Samad was tired but cheerful. He had plenty of cause for both. He was facing the press yesterday as the victor in the Johor Baru parliamentary by-election. And he had been up all night. By mid-afternoon he was ready toPicture/ Steven Lee - 381 words
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Article, Illustration46 1988-08-27 10 EawtiMi: Feelings of loss still run deep among Pakistanis loyal to the late President Zia ul-Haq. Here, a mourner in Rawalpindi waves a portrait of the general during a mass rallv. The city is 15 km from Islamabad, the capital. Picture/ AFPPicture/ AFP - 46 words
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171 1988-08-27 10 Wire services. A PILOT who defected from the Chinese mainland to Taiwan says the family of his former girlfriend blackmailed him out of the reward money. Air force Maj Wu Jung-Ken, 31, filed a suit against Ave members of his ex-girlfriend's family. HeWire services. - 171 words
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Article161 1988-08-27 10 Wire services. A CHINESE woman who violated China's family-planning rules and had her request for asylum denied by US authorities may be able to stay in America after all. "If I am ever returned to China, I will commit suicide," said Cheng FeiWire services. - 161 words
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Article255 1988-08-27 11 Wire services. PROSPECTS for better relations between the two Koreas have dimmed following the failure of talks on whether North Korea would take part in the Olympics. Diplomats said the talks were broken off with no real progress made. The two sides did agree, however, to anotherWire services. - 255 words
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Article, Illustration56 1988-08-27 11 Caution: A wary Israeli soldier, his gun at the ready, watches the rooftops on the occupied West Hank. Snipers and stone-thnnvers have inflicted wounds on Israeli troops from vantage points above the streets. West Hank disorders continue, although they have lately been smaller than those thatPicture/ Ap - 56 words
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118 1988-08-27 11 AP THE BATTERED corpse of a former Nepalese legislator was paraded through the streets of Bhaktapur, a town 12 km from Kathmandu yesterday by supporters crying for vengeance. "Hang the murderers," the mourners chanted. Kama Hyanju was beaten to death by politicalAP - 118 words
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Article148 1988-08-27 11 Reuter. THE Republican candidate for vice president of the US began hie campaign for the Nov 8 election as an unknown politician but he soon may be too well known for political comfort First, it developed that Senator Dan Quayle used family influence to dodge theReuter. - 148 words
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Article258 1988-08-27 11 Wire services. IT WILL shock some Christian true believers but scientists say tests now prove that the "Holy Shroud of Turin" is a fake. Some Christians believe the shroud was wrapped around Jesus Christ after he was taken down from the cross and his body burnedWire services. - 258 words
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Article211 1988-08-27 12 Wire services. AUSTRALIA'S political opposition is showing signs of division over a government move to bar discrimination against Asian immigrants. The government of Prime Minister Bob Hawke has won approval in Parliament's Lower House of a measure declaring continued resistance to discrimination. The issue is aWire services. - 211 words
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Article71 1988-08-27 12 Wire services. FRENCH Prime Minister Michel Rocard has told New Caledonia's mainly white settlers they must share power with the ethnic Melanesians to avoid civil war. Rocard is on a peace-mak-ing mission to the French South Pacific territory The mainly European-origin population of Noumea, theWire services. - 71 words
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Article, Illustration60 1988-08-27 12 The dub: Police in Bilbao, Spain, charge a Basque separatist who tried to remove the Spanish flag from City Hall during the city's annual festival. The Basques have been pressing for a separate state in Spain for a half-century. They claim that they have little inPicture/ Reuter. - 60 words
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Article, Illustration65 1988-08-27 12 Well-wishers: Supporters of Nelson Mandela, the jailed South African black nationalist, stage a sit-in at a Cape Town hospital where he is being treated for tuberculosis. After handing flowers to hospital workers for Mandela, his backers danced in the streets and shouted nationalist slogans. MandelaPicture/ Ap - 65 words
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98 1988-08-27 12 Wire services. A film shot aboard the USS Vincennes shows a cheering Navy radar operator shouting, "That was a dead-on," as missiles destroyed an Iranian passenger jet. Film of the July 3 incident was broadcast today by NBC News in America. It also shows five-inchWire services. - 98 words
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Article162 1988-08-27 12 Wire services. IN A blow to the Pretoria government, a black teacher has won his long fight to prevent a shanty town of 600,000 people from being made a part of one of South Africa's poor tribal homelands. The court decision is a setback forWire services. - 162 words
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Article63 1988-08-27 12 Wire services. WOMEN workers of a cigarette factory in Java, Indonesia, received a box of condoms each to celebrate the company's silver jubilee. A company spokesman said the gift was made to encourage the women to bear less children. This is to help fulfil the country'sWire services. - 63 words
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Advertisement51 1988-08-27 11 Itakeapickl OF SUMMER Fresh from California. Available now! Thirst quenching and nutritious. California Summer Fruits are simply irresistible because they're the juiciest this time of year. It's the peak season in California so take your pick of a wholesome, fruity treat today. Naturally, summer fruits from California. c California Summer51 words
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WORLDTODAY/STOCKS
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Article, Illustration204 1988-08-27 13 CHINESE leader Deng Xiaoping has told visiting Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita of Japan that China welcomes Japanese investment and wants closer ties. Deng met privately with Takeshita yesterday and was later quoted as having told him he considered Japan's help important to China. Takeshita offered204 words
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Article92 1988-08-27 13 Wire services. WEST German police have arrested a 41-year-old postal worker on suspicion of spying for East Germany. His arrest comes just one day after authorities said they had cracked a major East-bloc espionage ring. A spokesman for the prosecutor's office in Karlsruhe saidWire services. - 92 words
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133 1988-08-27 13 Wire services. THE Soviet Union has announced the creation of its first cooperative bank as part of a reform programme. This follows the recent formation of two commercial banks in Leningrad that provide credits and settlements of accounts for joint stockWire services. - 133 words
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217 1988-08-27 13 Wire services. SWEDEN is finding its traditional hospitality abused by spies and terrorists, police and other officials say. Police say as many as 20 international terrorists are believed to move their bases to Sweden each year under false names. They are among thousands ofWire services. - 217 words
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Article, Illustration284 1988-08-27 13 Wire services. SHARE prices closed lower on the London stock exchange yesterday, although off their worst levels, as concern over rising global interest rates and poor British trade figures continued to unsettle the market. Trading dwindled almost to a standstill during the afternoon as most players covered positions aheadWire services. - 284 words
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Article78 1988-08-27 13 Reuter. SHARE prices were higher in initial trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange today on bargain-hunting focusing on large capitals and blue chips, reflecting a recovery in Wall Street,brokers said. The Nikkei index rose 101.90 points, or 0.36 per cent, to 27,667.31 in first 15minute trading. It fell 305.03Reuter. - 78 words
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Article51 1988-08-27 13 FT Industrials Fri 1,425.40 (1,432.60) Dow Jones Averagi Fri 2,017.43 (2,010.85) ST Industrial Fri 1,044.77 (1,070.85) NST Industrial Fri 1,732.58 (1,756.34) Hongkong Hang Song Fri 2,464.83 (2,520.86) Australian JUT Ordinaries Fri 1,596.20 (1,636.30) Nikkei Stock Average Fri 27,565.41 (27,870.44) Figurae in bracket* refer to those at the previous trading51 words
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Article, Illustration316 1988-08-27 13 Wire services. WALL STREET stock prices edged higher yesterday in the lightest trading of the year. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials, which fell 15.82 on Thursday, rose 6.58 to close at 2,017.43. For the week, it rose 1.43 points. New York Stock Exchange volume shrank toWire services. - 316 words
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Showtime
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Article, Illustration556 1988-08-27 14 Danny Tan - By Danny Tan T HEIR names roll off many tongues with the smoothness of vintage wine. These are the musicians who gave rock V roll its finest years in the 60s and the 70s. And they are still making good music this year. At least 21556 words
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Article, Illustration223 1988-08-27 15 Sonja Tan - By Sonja Tan T HE most popular actress in the Philippines, Sharon Cuneta, stars in this Sunday's Tagalog movie, Walang Karugtong Ang Nakaraan. This one's likely to be another tear jerker. It's been called "an honest to goodness love story". The last time Cuneta acted in a love223 words
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Article130 1988-08-27 15 Reuter. A PAIR of autographed shoes once worn by pop star Michael Jackson fetched $12,000 at a London auction of pop memo rabilia, the auctioneers said on Thursday. The lace-up shoes, signed by the singer in blue ink, were bought by an anonymous Canadian bidder during the annualReuter. - 130 words
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Article, Illustration200 1988-08-27 15 Sonja Tan; Toh Hai Leong - By Sonja Tan and Toh Hai Leong CHICKEN AND DUCK TALK (Cathay Cinemas) MICHAEL Hui (Private Eyes) is at his comical best in this very funny cat-and-mouse or more rightly chicken and duck confrontation played out hilariously between Michael, the duck expert and the crooked fast-food owner, Lawrence Ng.200 words
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Article, Illustration304 1988-08-27 16 UPI. A HOLLYWOOD production company plans to make a movie about James Dean. He was the legendary actor who symbolised the sensitivity and rebellion of the *****. And a search is on for someone to play the title role. The movie,UPI. - 304 words
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Article, Illustration234 1988-08-27 16 Y By Wong Sing Yeong OU have travelled to the Twilight Zone and heard Tales From The Dark Side. Now there's SBC's new Mandarin series, Mystery. The series of eight supernatural stories starts on Monday over SBC 8 at 9.40 pm. Not all the234 words
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Article, Illustration302 1988-08-27 16 TRUE BLUES BLUE Nun wine has compiled a list of celebrities with the sexiest eyes: And Paul Newman tops the list. The others are Paulina Porizkova, Diane Sawyer, Barbie (the doll), David Bowie (only one eye is blue), Cybill Shepherd, David Letterman, Sting, Robert Redford, Donna Mills. Makes one302 words
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Advertisement30 1988-08-27 15 LOOK OUT FOR UJea'S RED TAPES DISCOVER A WHOLE LOT OF YOUR FAVOURITE ARTISTES ON THEM Ml y ONLY $5.50 each GOOD QUALITY CASSETTES WHEN YOU SEE RED GET IT!30 words
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Miscellaneous1540 1988-08-27 17 RADKX3UIDE ffi§§§|§|f EKEH EK NOON New* la Brief (Programmes in Mandarin) NOON Oa Track: Join Ross Tucker for NOON Newideilu World news and re--1I.»$ «Ml r« Join R0,., Kool fo, NOON [My LlttMlag Some inttru- e b e mu 522™S.SS° fy Nf Jit&ZS ui enterttiniM ««.ion of fteat menu) numb«r.1,540 words
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Article1822 1988-08-27 18 ►Centre^ CONCERT TIME. Organist Margaret Chen plays music by Gounod, Polenc and Berlioz. She will be accompanied by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Choo Hoey conducts. Victoria Concert Hall. 8.15 pm. Tickets: $4, $7, $10 and $15 from Victoria Concert Hall Box Office, Tangs Superstore1,822 words
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Article, Illustration117 1988-08-27 18 TODAY rj7) CENTRESTAGE: The Shanghai People's Art Theatre stages China Dream at The Vic, 8pm. rVl FUMS: Last day of the British Film Festival. Catch Greystoke The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes at the RELC Auditorium. n/| OUT AND ABOUT:Open-air night LX market where you find117 words
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Article, Illustration499 1988-08-27 18 THE Natioaal Day calabratioaa ends on a rousing note with a big baah at Orchard Road. The streteh from Dyaaaty Hotel to Meridien Hotel becomes one big street disco from 9.30 tonight till 1.30 am tomorrow. Aa estimated 150,000 people are499 words
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Article, Illustration92 1988-08-27 18 Cheer on the fand-raiaers at this race to save Uvea. Competitors take part in paira. First the lady nana 4.5 km then the pair canoe 2 km in the Kallang Basin. The man then runs 6 km to the finish line. At leaat 80 Each92 words
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Advertisement68 1988-08-27 19 TO BE A BETTER SPORTSMAN, CAPTURE YOURSELF WITH AN MC-10. You'll be a dead shot with features such as: Flying Erase Head Piezo Auto Focus System Back-Light Compensation 8-Video-Head Switching System 2-Step I Speed Shutter (l/1000sec 1/500 sec) Ir I VHS Tape Adaptor plus 2 VHSC Tapes free when you68 words
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Miscellaneous1879 1988-08-27 19 Television SCREEN g Bookviskms: Inspector Morse— The 1988 Montreux Saturday Nietit Movie GEMS W World Of flif Rock Festival The Comedy Of Terrors ~jk (SBC 12, 8.00 pm) JERMAINE Stewart, Taylor AN entertaining horror spoof with Dayne, Sting, Ziggy Marley, Sinitta, a great cast Vincent Price is AFTER another member1,879 words
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Miscellaneous1712 1988-08-27 20 Television jifXl SCREVEN M Dolly allk The Blue And The Movie Parade cowboys. The featured mclude Hoedown PbS^ill I duetby^andrrglttjonn e Cop to n/ a P'rton U!5O^M sc.||« _8 ;m .u* .m .uac »KS iiMiiiiniMiMiimiiiM 1 MiniiiiiiiiiiaiM BimniHiiiinn IgC 9.00 am Highlights followed gE 5.10 pm Sandlwara— jjE 6.00 pm1,712 words
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Article, Illustration500 1988-08-27 23 THE Natioaal Day celebrations enda on a rousing note with a big bash at Orchard Road. The streteh from Dynasty Hotel to Meridian Hotel becomes one big street disco from 9.30 tonight till 1.30 am tomorrow. An estimated 160,000 people are500 words
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Article, Illustration1829 1988-08-27 23 ►Centoktmz (X)NCERT TIME. Organist Margaret Chen plays music by Gounod, Poienc and Berlioz. She will be accompanied by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Choo Hoey conducts. Victoria Concert Hall. 8.15 pm. Tickets: $4, $7, $10 and $15 from Victoria Concert Hall Box Office, Tangs Superstore1,829 words
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Article, Illustration118 1988-08-27 23 TODAY W| CENTRESTAGE: The Shanghai People's Art Theatre stages China Dream at The Vic, 8pm. [Zf\ FILMS: Last day of the British Film LXJ Festival. Catch Greystoke The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes at the RELC Auditorium. rrrt OUT AND ABOUT:Open-air night market where you find118 words
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Article, Illustration98 1988-08-27 23 Cheer on the fund-raisers at this race to save live*. Competitors take part la pairs. First the lady runs 4J> km then the pair canoe 2 km in the Kallang Basin. The man then runs 6 km to the finish line. At least 80 Pftto98 words
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Miscellaneous1703 1988-08-27 24 RADIOGUIDE coggggrf csni emheeei ehs^^h Hw la Brief (Programmes in English) m Braakfatt Clab: Sentimental J"JJ VvVv? a At iw sir* Cm Air Rauni ifld in§truin#Dtfcl sounds will C.OV Ffl® o®f OM C#frwpMoMt r!l" 0.88 Newt la Brief greet you in this early pro- 0.25 Natare Netebeek S7 W JRS<S*1,703 words
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Article, Illustration270 1988-08-27 25 Geneieve Kwek - By Geneieve Kwek GIVE a Thai almost anything and he is likely to turn it into a work of art or a delicious food item or both. A recent three-day arts and crafts fair in Bangkok proved just that. Everything was270 words
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Article, Illustration413 1988-08-27 25 Ronald Wong - By Ronald Wong BANGKOK is a place where men go to spend their money and nights at clubs full of pretty women. Now ladies can get a piece of the action too. The Monte-Carlo club at the Windsor Hotel, off Sukhumvit Road, isPicture/ Steven Lei - 413 words
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Article, Illustration63 1988-08-27 25 Thai Guide: A river cruise, sir? S'porean: Aiyoh, don't want. Will get seasick. Thai Guide: A cultural show then, sir? S'porean: Aiyoh, don't want. At home got Instant Asia. Thai Guide: A temple tour? S'porean: Aiyoh, don't want. Got pray before take aeroplane here. Thai Guide: Then,63 words
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Article, Illustration312 1988-08-27 26 Hong Lim Swee - Stories and picture/ Lim Swee Hong AH Soon happily confesses to his obsession. He drives around in a truck painted with sticks of otah and the words, I Love Otah, on its sides. Love is represented by a red heart. You see, Ah Soon, or to312 words
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144 1988-08-27 26 "We use very fresh ingredients for my otah. No one in town is able to copy the recipe yet," says Ah Soon. He isn't boasting. His otah is thick, spiced just right and deliciously fresh-tasting. It's texture is firm, unlike some mushy variety that leaves144 words
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Advertisement213 1988-08-27 26 Mkm%if tali Til: 737-2123 Pager: 601-4426 Five varieties of otah available: Fiah, fiah head. Drawn, ano crab. Price: 80 cant* for fidMO centa for HI in someone d [sw»in"! I HI H I want 3 subscription Straits Times Weekly overseas about I Send a subscription tor months at S/US$ I213 words
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Miscellaneous125 1988-08-27 27 COMICREUEF Orchard Road/conn Goh Single Slices/peter Kohisaat SgMSSS? (.amer) 55 Cathy/Cathy Guisewite f 111 rs-9 <a "Forty-love and stop your snivelling." emono seaYho, thanks..: blackened >wHr with A ...c/rmv, how could vdu mm -7 if rrs eom to k UACHIH WTi Tm MATCH- CAIW*I«LA ANO CMOOON? J UP AU THAT125 words
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Miscellaneous336 1988-08-27 28 POMICRFI IFF Five-Foot-Way trades, affectionately known in the Hokkien »L—l_lL—l dialect as "Gho Kha Ki" trades, have been in existence since the earty days of Singapore's history The term "ftve-foot-way" has its o r, S n s. i lL Sir^wx>^ e sct me Sir Stamford Hagar the HOITIDI6/Dik Browne Raffles336 words
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Article, Illustration378 1988-08-27 29 Leong Chan Teik - By Leong Chan Teik M I ARIE Tang, 16, never imagined she would ride a horse in Canadian pastures. She never thought it would be with a 14-year-old Red Indian boy either. But she did both at an international Girl Guides camp in SaskatchewanPicture/ David Tan - 378 words
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Article, Illustration420 1988-08-27 29 Harinder Gill - A MATTER OF OPINION By Harinder Gill FIVE young Singaporeans say what aspect of life in Singapore they would like to see changed. Pritam Singh, 23. Biology student at the National University Singapore. "I wish people would be allowed to use their CPF420 words
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Article, Illustration356 1988-08-27 31 Vivien Chiong - By Vivien Chiong THE Wynners, that popular Hongkong teenybopper group of the '70s, are getting together again to celebrate their 15th anniversary. They will stage five concerts at the Hongkong Coliseum from Sept 23 to 27. The last time they performed together was five years ago.356 words
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Article, Illustration486 1988-08-27 31 Lim Sek - On the comeback trail...and more By Lim Sek SINGERS over the ages have had two headaches follow-ups and come-backs. An ultra stunning debut album is the first step towards problems. How to make them return for more? Taking a long break from the music scene is even worse. Will486 words
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Article, Illustration218 1988-08-27 31 NYT HERE he is, Kirk Douglas, 71 years old now, dimpled chin intact, and author of a best-selling and critically praised autobiography. The star of Spartacus, Lonely are the Brave, and many other films now stars in his own book, The Ragman's Son, published by SimonNYT - 218 words
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Advertisement192 1988-08-27 32 r large I group of I RV«Jr 437,000 potential I who said they would I read' The New Paper. I (Prelaunch Survey, November 1987). I Recruit effectively withTast Ads Our Appointments Classified Section The New Paper, Singapore's newest HHBHIHIHfl rVTTTpP'lTVi'lfi English weekday noon taoloid, delivering informative and easy-reading news in192 words
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Advertisement367 1988-08-27 33 Wis ma Development Pte Ltd Wiama Atria Shopping Cantra is seeking a CLERK-OF-WORKS Pre-requiaitea: a GCE O' level a Preferably Diploma holder in Building Maintenance Management a Familiar with architectural finishes a At least 3 years' experience in overseeing renovation works and supervision of contractors a Tactful in handling tenants367 words
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Advertisement274 1988-08-27 33 Established Trading Company in district 0821 requires FEMALE GENERAL CLERK With experience In hardware building materials e Min. GCE O'.Level e Able to type and do stock control e Age 30 years old and -below Interested applicants please write with full rasume, expected salary, n.r. photo and contact no. to:274 words
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Article, Illustration378 1988-08-27 34 The Three Musketeers - FACING Spot on: Twin Jet, Spot on: Ace of Spot on: Joel, on 1 1 on Aug 6 I I Clubs, on Aug 13 I I Aug 20 The Three Musketeers on target on three straight Saturdays BY The Three Musketeers THE American-bred Chok Dee will378 words
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Article298 1988-08-27 34 TOMORROW'S Penang Sprint Trophy looks a formality. At weight-for-age there is nothing on the circuit to match the Coulee Man gelding. He's Dawan and only seven others will fight it out for second place. Punters will probably go for the tierce and we reckon Teh298 words
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Article221 1988-08-27 34 AP. AMERICAN jockey Steve Cauthen was stretchered off the track unconscious after being crushed under two horses in a dramatic fall at Goodwood, England, on yesterday. The 28-year-old rider was hurled to the ground as his mount, the filly Preziosa, fell at 56 kphAP. - 221 words
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Article369 1988-08-27 34 Wire Services. RESULTS of yesterday's international sports: BASEBALL American League: New York Yankees 3 Milwaukee Brewers 2, Minnesota Twins 5 Toronto Blue Jays 4, Chicago White Sox 6 Seattle Mariners 5, Boston Red Sox 2 Texas Rangers 0, California Angels 2 Oakland A's 1. National League: Philadelphia Phillies 3Wire Services. - 369 words
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Article, Illustration148 1988-08-27 35 Reuter. SEBASTIAN Coe came close to proving Britain's athletics selectors wrong in West Berlin yesterday. But then had to settle for second place behind fellow Briton Tom McKean in the 800 metres in the Grand Prix meet. Coe looked comfortable throughout as he tracked McKean, nominated to runReuter.; Picture/ Reuter - 148 words
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Article, Illustration280 1988-08-27 35 Reuter. Men 100 m: 1 Calvin Smith (US) 10.12 2 Chidi Imoh (Nig) 10.16 3 Brian Cooper (US) 10.16; 800 m: I Tom McKean (Brit) 1:47.62 2 Sebastian Coe (Brit) 1:47.87 3 Dieudonne Kwizera (Burun) 1:48.25; Mile: 1 Said Aouita (Mor) 3:56.21 2 Jim Spivey (US) 3:56.55Reuter. - 280 words
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Article, Illustration129 1988-08-27 35 Reuter. WORLD table tennis champion He Zhili has threatened to quit the sport unless allowed to compete in Seoul, a report in Shanghai's Life Weekly said. She was dropped from China's women's Olympic team amid a national furore over match-rigging. The world champion was quotedReuter. - 129 words
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Article110 1988-08-27 35 AFP TMB*B cdU fa 8eou! for Brasflion mdilllitk -I Hi TlisitWfW Committee •aid that under a deal with a national bank, any sportsmen or woman winning an Olympic title would receive a of fold. Silver-medallists would ba given 260 grammss of the precious metal and bronxe-medallisU lOOgm.AFP - 110 words
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Advertisement263 1988-08-27 35 1 OFTHEI9MOLYMR^ WIN two Seoul Olympic trips worth $13,000 Highlights of the Questions(across): lo Enter Ist Prize extravasanza l Almost half a century after Jesse Owens won four track and field golds 1 double return deluxe tour package to the in Berlin 1936, another black Olympics worth $13,000 which includes:263 words
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Article, Illustration607 1988-08-27 36 SEOULBEAT Greg Louganis was only 16 years old when he took his first Olympic dive in Montreal in 1976. Today, 12 years later, at 28, he is the oldest US diver and still at it He will be the favourite to retainUPI. - 607 words
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Article, Illustration241 1988-08-27 37 Shahiron Sahari - By Shahiron Sahari A WEEK has passed since his last race, and for Haron Mundir, Singapore's sprint ace, it's training time again. And training means setting his sights on November's Asean Cup in Bangkok. He has three months to peak himself again. "I haven't done strength241 words
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Article362 1988-08-27 37 Shahiron Sahari - By Shahiron Sahari RISING long-distance star Syed Ahmad Syed Taha has been named the boys' captain of the 53-member squad to the second Asian Junior Track and Field meet in Singapore next month. And Ng Chiu Fong, Raffles Junior College's national shot put record-holder, is362 words
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Article, Illustration171 1988-08-27 37 SCHOOLS national gymnastic champion Srina Shari has lost a golden chance. Injury has robbed her of participation in the Pesta Sukan Championship from Friday to Sunday. The 17-year-old Raffles Junior College student has to undergo an operation on a knee injury which she suffered in the171 words
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Advertisement302 1988-08-27 37 The New Contest An all-expense paid ymirc Every day, there are stories marked with a tick in The New Paper. But only one has a double border. Look for the tick with this double border UU and write down the headline of this story in the Kfjftf!?™ space marked on302 words
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246 1988-08-27 38 SINGAPORE coach Seak Poh Leong is keeping his cards close to his heart. He will wait until kick-off tomorrow (4.30pm) to name his line-up against Malacca at the Kubu Stadium. Though it now seems almost certain that skipper-sweeper T. Pathmanathan would be ruled246 words
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Article, Illustration351 1988-08-27 38 S. Gulam - He is fast becoming a midfield schemer of international calibre. But his rise was once halted because the national coach was his uncle. Now Syed Faruk is free to express himself. S. Gulam has the story. Stories/ S. Gulam WHEN Syed Faruk Alkaff was first calledPicture/ Steven Lee - 351 words
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Article54 1988-08-27 38 Malacca: Yong Wai Hwang, Razak Majid, U. Morgan, Soh Cher Len, Anuar Ghani, Salleh Nordin, S. Richard, G. Torairaju, Lim Yu Doh, Rahim Abdullah, K. Selvakumaran. Singapore: David Lee, Sudiat Dali, Jeffrey Lazaroo, Borhan Abu Samah (or T Pathmanathan), Ishak Saad, Syed Faruk, Razali Saad, Yahya Madon, D. Tokijan,54 words
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Article121 1988-08-27 38 UP-AN-COMING midfielder Zulkifli Kartoyoho has pulled out from the Singapore squad for tomorrow's game against Malacca. He told coach Seak Poh Leong yesterday that he had to withdraw as his brother is getting married tomorrow. Zulkifli was in contention for a place in the first XI. He121 words
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Article293 1988-08-27 38 Kedah 1 S'gor 0 Pahang 1 Penang 2 K'tan 3 Perlis 0 FOR 45 minutes at the Darulaman Stadium last night, Kedah showed why they made it to last year's final as they pushed Selangor deeper into trouble. They did it for merely one half because rain reduced the293 words
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Article, Illustration58 1988-08-27 39 UPI. ENGLISH First Division soccer club Luton Town has rejected a $3 million bid for Mai Donaghy. The offer for the 30-year-old Northern Ireland defender came from First Division rivals Manchester United. "I am trying to build a team not demolish it and we don't needUPI. - 58 words
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Article, Illustration330 1988-08-27 39 Reuter. CHARLTON manager Lennie Lawrence has injury worries as his team take on Liverpool on the opening day of the English soccer season today. Welsh international striker Andy Jones is ruled out by a stomach muscle injury and Garth Crooks is doubtful with a knee problem. Manchester UnitedReuter. - 330 words
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Article36 1988-08-27 39 Aston Villa v Millwall, Charlton v Liverpool, Derby v Middlesbro, Everton v Newcastle, Man United v QPR, Norwich v Forest,' Sheff Wed v Luton, Southampton v West Ham, Tottenham v Coventry, Wimbledon v Arsenal.36 words
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Article, Illustration76 1988-08-27 39 Bristol City: Joe Jordan comfirmed as manager after trial. Dundee: Dave Smith appointed. Exeter: Terry Cooper takes over John Delve. Grimsby: Bobby Roberts sacked. Alan Buckley appointed. Huddersfield: Eoin Hand appointed after Malcolm Macdonald's resignation. Hull: Brian Horton sacked, Eddie Gray appointed. Plymouth: Ken Brown takes over76 words
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Article59 1988-08-27 39 Steve Archibald: Barcelona to Hiberni*an; Kevin Bedford: Wimbledon to Colchester; Noel Blake: Portsmouth to Leeds; Kenny Brown: Norwich to Plymouth; John Chiedozie: Spurs to Derby. Steve Hardwick: Oxford to Huddersfield; Paul Mariner: Portsmouth to Nasser Lions; Graham Rix: Arsenal to Caen; Colin Russell: Scarborough to Wigan; Neil59 words
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Advertisement76 1988-08-27 39 r"\ L jfaa «10&^ The Race Against Time is a global event organised to raise money for needy children around the world. In Singapore, the money will go to local children charities. The Race is a 5 km fun run. For a minimum donation of $5.00, every participant gets a76 words
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Advertisement101 1988-08-27 39 H VI 1H I H^H STEHWOUT WITH LOTTO ?<fc£y* J r V y A v\ All of who walk through —LK forests and cross seas can j^HJjj^^^^Dfe^ j q| appreciate Lotto's technology, a nd be a winner, at sport Ran /^i\ RH h Tel Outdoor Life by Lotto. Casual. In101 words
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Article, Illustration398 1988-08-27 40 Jeffrey Low - Jeffrey Low WHAT'S all the fuss about Terry Pathmanathan? One swallow doesn't make a summer, one player doesn't make a football team. If he can't play tomorrow, is all lost? That would seem so if you go by this week's depressing news. If it does happen, the398 words
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Advertisement33 1988-08-27 40 The rise of midfielder Syed Faruk corporal er in the pack. New Pat >er- I Jetstream Tour Contest And win an all expense paid Adventure in Japan. Check out our entry form inside.33 words
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