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time capsule/jan. 3, 1989

AT THE MOVIES, Bill Murray (right) and the Solid Gold Dancers spread holiday hokum in the Christmas Carol update Scrooged. IN BOOKSTORES, Stephen W. Hawking's astrophysics crossover, A Brief History of Time, makes a big bang on the best-seller list. IN MUSIC, hair rockers Poison hit No. 1 with "Every Rose Has Its Thorn." AND IN THE NEWS, two months after his defeat in the presidential election, Michael Dukakis says he won't seek a fourth term as Massachusetts governor. Dukakis is now a political science professor at Boston's Northeastern University.


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