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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...question about Gorbachev used to be whether he was sincere. That question no longer seems relevant. As the U.S. learned when it finally decided to take da for an answer on the intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty, Gorbachev's words have consequences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gorbachev Challenge | 12/19/1988 | See Source »

...York City's most famous dieter, Mayor Edward Koch, lost weight on a VLCD earlier this year and promptly regained it. Worse, he described the formula as "swill." Still, doctors say liquid diets may offer a lasting answer for the very obese. Notes Dr. Albert Stunkard of the University of Pennsylvania: "This is a reasonable way to lose weight. Whether it's better than losing weight slowly over a long period of time we really don't know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Drinking Yourself Skinny | 12/19/1988 | See Source »

...Even after eight years I have to start every answer by correcting their questions," said Reagan, watching the commentary after the conference. "I was going to threaten to come back next week," he chuckled, then added, "I guess I'd better get back upstairs with my roommate." Aide Ken Duberstein suggested he tell Nancy he might have a return engagement. Said the President: "I'd have to room with one of you tonight if I did that." Endit -- 30 -- put it on the spike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: A Full-Dress Finale | 12/19/1988 | See Source »

...offered by independent consultants. They also determine which schools are best for a student and what clothes and questions are appropriate for campus interviews. Some counselors even offer tips on how to outsmart the SAT (example: since each section's multiple-choice questions progress from easy to hard, an answer that looks obvious early in the test is more likely to be correct than one that looks obvious later). Such personalized attention is rare in most large high schools, where guidance counselors can easily be assigned 300 students or more. Says Jane McClure of Jackson & McClure Associates in San Francisco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Spin Doctors of Admissions | 12/19/1988 | See Source »

...maybe the Woman of the Future. For Nichols' film is also as modern as the 21st century challenge that faces America. How will the working class be educated to survive and thrive in the computer age? This intoxicating movie has an answer: let her strut her outer-borough wisdom from Wall Street to the Pacific Rim. Watch her fatten portfolios as she melts hearts. With working girls like Tess, America ain't down yet. -- Richard Corliss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Two Out of Five Ain't Bad | 12/19/1988 | See Source »

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