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...driver, listed in the report as George Teiveira, reported no injuries to anyone in the car. The front right bumper of the car, a Chevrolet from Thrifty Rent-a-Car, was damaged in the accident...

Author: By John N. Tate, | Title: Student Biker Fine After Being Struck By Car on Campus | 11/8/1983 | See Source »

...reason that Reagan has done so well with his secret is that he is not fascinated by the intricacies of politics. Unlike Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon, he is bored discussing fund raising, precinct captains and bumper stickers. Reagan does his star turn. Others run the campaigns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: Silence as a Political Weapon | 8/29/1983 | See Source »

...never seen the mood on Capitol Hill as ugly as it is now toward the Japanese." Unemployed Americans focus their anger upon the Japanese, at least when they are not blaming Ronald Reagan. In West Virginia, a charity raised money by selling sledgehammer hits on a Toyota. A recession bumper sticker read: WHEN YOU BOUGHT YOUR JAPANESE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan: All the Hazards and Threats of | 8/1/1983 | See Source »

...consequences. Their ranks swollen by record springtime rains, mosquitoes are attacking in force in many parts of the country, feasting on their human prey with buzzing fury. To Gary Benzon, mosquito-control superintendent for Plymouth County, Mass., south of Boston, there is no doubt that this will be a bumper summer for the pesky insects. "In an average year we get about a thousand calls about mosquito problems between May and September. This year we have already got close...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Bugs Are Out There Biting | 7/11/1983 | See Source »

...home to settle the future of the family farm with his nonfarming siblings. The 320-acre spread is coveted by a clutch of corporations, and the family is divided on whether to sell. The only kinsman making real money from the acreage is Tanner's nephew Billy, raising bumper crops of marijuana on the back 40. An embittered Viet Nam veteran and victim of dioxin burns, Billy has succeeded in exposing several of Chaldea's leading villains. When he is found hanging from a tree, town and family are only too happy to accept the official verdict...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Summer Reading | 7/4/1983 | See Source »

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