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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Daddy) into easy and common targets. It's not surprising these days to see a condemnation of Yuppies, which is what Peter is, 1950s-style. Also outdated are Jerry's use of the word "colored" instead of "Black" and his attempt to shock Peter with a brief and sketchy account of the single homosexual experience of his youth. If Peter stood for the values of the play's original audiences, he does no longer, and the things Jerry says that make him fidget in his seat do not necessarily make us do the same...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Still Crazy After All These Years | 6/26/1988 | See Source »

...although depressing to read and write about, such scenarios account for the vast majority of handgun-related deaths each year. Homicide figures in the District of Columbia, for example, show that the number of times a handgun has justifiably been used in self-defense during the last 15 years is no more than four. If you add the Rowan shooting, and that's a big if, it's a whopping five...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: The Case Rowan Forgot to Make | 6/26/1988 | See Source »

...Northrop, the Los Angeles-based defense contractor, turned over $6.25 million to a company that was not a usual supplier. The money, which was ostensibly intended to finance the construction of a hotel in Seoul, went into the Hong Kong bank account of a firm controlled by Park Chong Kyu, a former South Korean general and owner of a Seoul night spot called the Safari Club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On A Wing And a Payoff | 6/20/1988 | See Source »

...Commerce Committee are not so sure. In most offset programs, the company making the investment does so in installments, as funds are needed, rather than in the kind of lump sum that Northrop sent. In addition, the committee wonders why Northrop sent the money to a Hong Kong account instead of directly to Seoul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On A Wing And a Payoff | 6/20/1988 | See Source »

...federal regulators said they would liquidate the two ailing S and Ls, a drastic step for institutions so large. The Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp., which guarantees thrift deposits, will spend a record $1.35 billion in cash to pay off insured depositors (up to $100,000 for each account) of Costa Mesa's North America Savings and Loan Association and the American Diversified Savings Bank. The payout, which temporarily slashes the federal insurance fund's cash balance by 40%, to $1.9 billion, is likely to heighten the debate over the adequacy of the FSLIC's resources to deal with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Too Far Gone To Bring Back | 6/20/1988 | See Source »

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