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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reagan starts with a broad sweep of states in the West, plus a good chance of cracking Carter's base in the South. With that advantage, winning only three or four of the jackpot states could push him over the top. Five of the eight are now leaning to Reagan, and two more are too close to call either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Jackpot States | 10/13/1980 | See Source »

...report says the initial proposal made by undergraduates last spring before Bok formed the committee is too broad. "Even if money and governance were not the serious issues they are, the (original) proposal lacks a sufficient focus to sustain the energies of its most faithful adherents," the report adds...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Third World Report Stirs Criticism | 10/7/1980 | See Source »

Acupuncturists regulate the meridiens and thus the qi in two broad ways. Both too little or too much qi can cause problems. If the patient has too much qi in one meridien, the acupuncturist disperses it by pricking quickly and then putting pressure on the aperture. Too little qi is "tonified" by allowing a needle to sit longer...

Author: By Michael Stein, | Title: Doctors on Pins and Needles: Acupuncture Reaches the West | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

...network of concerned citizens, including Kissinger, are pondering if they should, following the election, launch a national effort to produce a broad national coalition of people to generate a new view of the world that can be infused into Government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Looking Back to Look Ahead | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

Summa's new boss has organized the remaining properties in three broad groups-hotels and casinos, aircraft construction and real estate. Lummis hired Phil Hannifin, former chairman of the Nevada gaming-control board, to run the company's hotels and casinos. Hannifin's first project: to finish a $55 million overhaul of the dilapidated Desert Inn, where Hughes had lived as a recluse for four years. Jack Real, a former Lockheed executive, was put in charge of Hughes Helicopters. The company, which lost money in the early '70s, is now in the black, and Real expects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Summa Comes Back from Debacle | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

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