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George Bush's helicopter lifted high in Washington's 86 degrees winter heat last Wednesday and churned down the Potomac River valley as the President studied the water for signs of bass running in the shallows. Within minutes he was at his destination, the Potomac Electric Power Co.'s Chalk Point generating station, a plant that produces electricity for the White House. Under Bush's proposed clean-air program, the facility would have to cut half its sulfur dioxide emissions within ten years, a $400 million undertaking. "Megabucks," acknowledged Bush. "But I am determined to clean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Issue That Won't Wash Away | 3/26/1990 | See Source »

Laudably, Douglas tried to come to terms with this transcendent meaning. "Chalk one up for the small man," he said after the fight...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Age of the Unexpected | 2/22/1990 | See Source »

Tied with Columbia and Princeton for the Ivy League lead with a 5-1 record, Harvard should not cloud its thoughts with visions of an ECAC trophy until its meets against Penn and Yale are chalk marks in the win column. The confidence and momentum that could carry the Crimson to the top will be won--or lost--in these two weeks...

Author: By Henry Hudepohl, | Title: Aquamen, Aquawomen Sweep Big Red | 2/12/1990 | See Source »

...shots, and was also outrebounded, 49-42. But Harvard managed to overcome what has failed it all season long--turnovers. The Crimson lost the ball only 15 times in its most physical game of the season and combined its smooth ballhandling with clutch shots in the stretch to chalk...

Author: By Peter I. Rosenthal, | Title: Flandermeyer Leads W. Cagers Over Yale | 2/3/1990 | See Source »

...faults, the SONG Manifesto is a eye-opening document. And before SONG's celebrity status disappears in a puff of chalk smoke, they may just succeed in bringing American antiintellectualism down a notch...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Geeks Get Wild | 1/3/1990 | See Source »

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