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Dates: during 1980-1989
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On the whole, Solon's is not bad advice for George Bush or the pundits who have already given him this election. While neither was looking, Mike Dukakis has been busy preparing for what may be the coup of the campaign. Barring any last minute glitches or changes of heart...

Author: By Bill Tsingos, | Title: Duke's Night in the Sun | 10/25/1988 | See Source »

The truly ambitious may create a ficticious but official-sounding class organization for the sole purpose of heading it for four years and meeting President Bok and other top administrators in the process. Barring this, you can always join such perennial and useless favorities as the Crimson Key and House...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: Marshals of the Resume Parade | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

During the end game of a close election, the millions of votes and millions of dollars boil down to a dinky little figure: 270, the electoral college majority that takes its owner to the White House. The battle for that number is an uneven one. For a generation, Republicans have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Votes That Really Count | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

During an otherwise routine press conference, Speaker of the House Jim Wright said last week he had "received clear testimony" that the CIA helped orchestrate anti-Sandinista demonstrations in Nicaragua to provoke the government of President Daniel Ortega Saavedra. Republican Congressmen pounced, demanding that the House Ethics Committee investigate whether...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua: Open Secrets, Closed Doors | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

After the hearing, U.S. District Court Judge Charles Legge issued a temporary restraining order barring prison officials from retaliating against Martin but allowing his previously planned move to Arizona. He will get another hearing next week. Meanwhile, talking over a tapped telephone in his new home, Martin argued that his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: They Put Him in Writer's Block | 8/29/1988 | See Source »

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