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All the more reason for Bork's sense of frustration when Ronald Reagan passed him over for a Supreme Court nomination last year, choosing Antonin Scalia, Bork's close friend and former appellate-court colleague. Seeing that Bork was bored by much of the appeals-court work, friends suspected that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Catching The Last | 7/13/1987 | See Source »

I have no doubt that someone else will come up with yet another football league in the near future. In the meantime, if you're interested in being bored or watching a miniature football game, then Arena football is for you. It's definitely not for me.

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Arena Football: Players in Search of a | 7/10/1987 | See Source »

In any case, the overseers are surely no longer the bored boardmembers of yore. Says Young: "It's not just wearing a tie and tails and waiting for someone to deliver the Marshall Plan."

Author: By Mark M. Colodny, | Title: An Evolving Partnership | 6/11/1987 | See Source »

In addition, she said that students find that the month of January is a long time to be at home, and there are not many jobs available, so many students get bored with the vacation time.

Author: By Elsa C. Arnett, | Title: Harvard's Exam Schedule: Why We're Still Here | 5/29/1987 | See Source »

Walesa begins by recounting how his family struggled to survive on its farm in eastern Poland after his father was sent to a concentration camp by the Germans during World War II. Only two months after his release in 1945, Walesa's father died. At 24, the young rural mechanic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland A Worker's Tale | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

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