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Some of the most politically active Baby Boomers are true-believer conservatives. "When I went to college, all my professors were insipid liberals," says John Buckley, 29, who went from being a rock critic for the Soho News in Manhattan to conservative Congressman Jack Kemp's press secretary. "The only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Growing Pains At 40 | 5/19/1986 | See Source »

Confident and articulate, Zschau bears a certain narrow-eyed resemblance to Actor Richard Gere. In a statewide Mervin Field poll taken last November, Zschau was the preferred candidate of only 3% of registered Republicans. By March he had soared into the ranks of the leaders with 11%. As an exemplar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California's Crazy Primary | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

It was a trio of soloists. De Beauvoir epitomized the French bourgeoisie. Her father was a lawyer and a non-believer, but her mother insisted on a stern Roman Catholic education. It did not have the desired effect. At twelve the child decided, "I no longer believe in God," and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Mandarin and the Thief Simone de Beauvoir: 1908-1986; Jean Genet: 1910-1986 | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

On Daniel Ortega's comment that Reagan is not rational. I don't find him very rational. Well, he's rational in his belief, and that is he is a dyed-in-the- wool believer in the totalitarian Marxist government, which he has.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reagan: We Have a Right to Help | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

A self-acknowledged workaholic and a firm believer in the value of education, Jarvis also found time to attend night classes at West Coast University in Los Angeles. He had completed work on a master's degree in management science, which was to have been awarded last week during a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gregory Jarvis 1944-1986 | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

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