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The threat is this: the schools, perhaps believing that they are acting for one institution--"American higher education"--may be bilking the public and their own staffs, faculty and students by not aggressively keeping costs down and arranging salaries, housing costs and other fees in the open market.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cause for Concern | 10/24/1989 | See Source »

The extraterrestrial not only phoned, it arrived at the appointed meeting place on time. Hardly believing his luck, the Soviet reporter flipped out his notebook and, in the finest tradition of glasnost, shot out a question: "And what were your feelings on your arrival, comrade spaceman?"

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elvis | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

I'll be honest. I laughed. And I don't believe that a single Crimson Key member can be fairly accused of believing in sexist stereotypes. But the same jokes which are funny at Crimson Key get-togethers around a VCR take on new meaning in the context of orientation...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: When a Joke Is No Joke | 10/18/1989 | See Source »

That solution proved astonishingly short-lived. Within a few hours of the first transfer, new arrivals began showing up at the Prague embassy, many of them drawn by news of the safe passage of the first group. East Germany, believing that its agreement was for a once-only exodus, reacted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Refugees Freedom Train | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

; Not every adopted child wants to open that door. "A search would rob me of a certain amount of security, the security that comes from believing that the family I know is my real family," argues Rhonda Brown, 34, a New York City lawyer. "I'm the one who has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adoption: Are You My Mother? | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

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