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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Before beginning their three-month summer recess, the justices must deal with three cases awaiting decision--including a Missouri dispute in which the court's 1973 decision legalizing abortion is under attack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Supreme Court Delays Abortion Ruling | 6/30/1989 | See Source »

...army insists it will punish Jews who break the law. But Palestinians say soldiers often stand by idly when settlers attack Arabs. Rafik, 31, who won't disclose his full name for fear of retaliation, recalls an attack on his home in the village of Halhul two weeks ago. Just as the family was finishing breakfast, five heavily armed men stepped from a car with Israeli license plates and unleashed a barrage of insults and indiscriminate gunfire. "It was an expression of raw hatred," says Rafik, pointing to broken windows and mirrors and a dozen bullet holes in the wall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East Fighting Fire with Fire | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

...proceed with the merger in the face of the Paramount attack, Time abandoned its earlier plan for a debt-free, tax-free stock swap with Warner, and instead launched a $70-a-share tender offer for 100 million of Warner's nearly 200 million shares. That would buy Time a controlling interest in its merger partner; the remaining Warner stock will be acquired later in exchange for cash and securities. The deal will cost Time the kind of debt it and Warner had hoped to avoid -- somewhere between $7 billion and $14 billion. Unlike the original Time-Warner arrangement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Return To Sender | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

...cornerstone of Ronald Reagan's campaign for the White House was an attack on Government waste, fraud and abuse. Singled out for special scorn were "giveaway" programs for the poor. Now, as Congress delves into a spreading scandal at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the hypocrisy of Reagan's rhetoric has been brought into sharp relief. During his Administration, a massive giveaway did take place, but to the greedy, not the needy. HUD, whose prime mission is to provide shelter for low-income citizens, instead became a gold mine for Republican insiders, ambitious developers and powerful Washington consultants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Housing Hustle | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

Breaking with Ronald Reagan's inaction, President Bush proposes an attack on acid rain, smog and toxic chemicals. -- A spreading scandal in federal housing programs shows how the greedy, instead of the needy, profited under former HUD secretary "Silent Sam" Pierce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page Vol. 133 No. 26 JUNE 26, 1989 | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

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