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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard is blessed with an incredibly strong freshman class, including several nationally-ranked players.

Author: By Mia Kang, | Title: Injuries Plague Netmen...Again | 3/17/1989 | See Source »

Part of the allure springs from the subject, which plays upon the mysterious fascination that outlaws and gangsters have always held for law-abiding American citizens. In this, Billy is a native son of his place and time, a poor section of the Bronx in 1935, which is distinguished in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: In The Shadow of Dutch Schultz | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

For a Congressman, it is beguiling to run for re-election challenged only by a Trotskyite and a vegetarian. In 1988, 65 incumbents ran unopposed. Congressmen so blessed are reluctant to take a stance that might complicate re-election. "The risk they are averting is not the loss of their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Government by the Timid | 2/20/1989 | See Source »

And suburbanites take heart, for Washington does have real malls. Near the Mall, you will find the Shops, the Post Office Pavillion and new Union Station, all overpriced and blessed with collections of those little fast-food stands.

Author: By David A. Plotz, | Title: Plenty of Marble in the Capital | 2/18/1989 | See Source »

Reagan could never master the arcana of nuclear weaponry or arms control. Even the finer points of economics, one of his majors in college, eluded him. But he understood Middle American folklore and myth very well. After growing up in small-town simplicity and pursuing his first career in Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going Home a Winner: Ronald Reagan | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

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