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Quick. For one Belgian endive and a single point of light, read the following quotation and name that campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From the Publisher: Oct 24 1988 | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

...result was reported to Prince Alexandre de Merode, the Belgian chief of the International Olympic Committee's Medical Commission, and he then checked to determine whose sample it was, for it was identified only by number. Frantic meetings ensued, and a second portion of the original sample, which had been stored in a locked refrigerator, was tested. The results were the same: Ben Johnson, the fastest man on earth, had cheated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shame Of the Games | 10/10/1988 | See Source »

...outdone, Dukakis made the now-famous suggestion that Iowa corn growers cultivate Belgian endive...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Cultivating the Farm Vote | 10/8/1988 | See Source »

...rumor gave way to fact, it became clear that the former Belgian colony had suffered a terrible horror. Last week the Burundian government confirmed that ten days of tribal massacres in the verdant, mountainous communities of Marangara and Ntega had left as many as 5,000 people dead and tens of thousands homeless. Western observers estimate that some 38,000 refugees have fled across the border into neighboring Rwanda, with more arriving every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burundi Horror Amid The Green Hills | 9/5/1988 | See Source »

...cover-up is nothing short of confusing. In some parts of the country, nudity is still winked at -- literally -- or actively encouraged; in others, flaunting the flesh seems to enrage beholders. Rome's subway is definitely not for the shirtless. Irate passengers last week ganged up on bare-chested Belgian Tourist Daniel Serge Meuree, 23, when he ignored a conductor's suggestion to put on more clothing. Fists flew, and Meuree was hauled to a police station. After a lecture on proper attire, he was permitted to resume his journey -- wearing a blue shirt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scusi, Your Libido Is Showing | 8/29/1988 | See Source »

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