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Even the televised Los Angeles Hotline gets its share of adult calls, including one of the few stumpers the program has ever received. Once a contractor phoned to ask Math Specialist Hall Davidson how much cement to pour for the foundation of a house whose dimensions the man did not know. Baffled, Davidson turned to Producer Greene. His helpful comment was "Make sure he doesn't do your house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Help from the Hotline | 12/31/1984 | See Source »

...plant in Seveso, outside Milan, Italy, set off a mild explosion, discharging a cloud of between 1 lb. and 22 lbs. of poisonous dioxin into the atmosphere. Since then, 10 million cu. ft. of contaminated earth has been buried in large pits and covered with clay, plastic sheets and cement. Newly seeded grass masks any signs of the event. Although no one died because of the mishap, it remains to be seen whether the local cancer rate will have increased as a result of the severe dioxin exposure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Hazards Of a Toxic Wasteland | 12/17/1984 | See Source »

Accuracy and alacrity are two requirements at TIME, and both have been served by the computer revolution. Since the mid-1960s, staffers at TIME headquarters in New York City have used keyboards and video-display screens to complete tasks that were once accomplished with scissors and rubber cement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Dec. 3, 1984 | 12/3/1984 | See Source »

...cement-jawed superhero does battle against an evil imperial foe and uses wit, grit and brute force to win the day and make people feel good about their country. This fantasy of an all-righteous America fills movie theaters even as it fuels presidential elections. Who is Indiana Jones if not the movie-serial avatar of White House Reagan, leaping up from near fatal assaults with a wave and a joke? Who is Superman if not the Krypton Gipper, fighting for truth, justice and voluntary school prayer? At the end of a campaign year that played like one long half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Girl of Steel vs. Man of Iron | 11/26/1984 | See Source »

Crimson goaltender Tracy Kimmel turned away 20 Brown shots cement the Crimson defensive efforts...

Author: By Bob Cunha, | Title: Icewomen Catch and Cage Bruins, 6-1: Ward Leads Charge With Two Scores | 11/20/1984 | See Source »

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