Amazing Comebacks

All in the Family.

Surrounded by mind-numbing network fare, the revival of Archie Bunker's antics has scored high in the ratings.

Newark.

A national survey proclaimed the poor man's Philadelphia as "most livable city" in the U.S.

St. Petersburg, U.S.S.R.

If the townspeople have their way, the name returns for the first time since 1914.

Saddam Hussein.

Mr. Worse Than Hitler, 1990, is sitting pretty in Baghdad. Who won the war, anyway?

Goatees.

Maynard G. Krebs' 1950s beatnik look is once again a sign of absolute cool.

Video Discs.

After doing time with Betamax on technology's skid row, the CD's first...

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