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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...parrots who chatter the beautiful poetry of Princess Ateh, for example, continue to resurface centuries after the meaning of the Khazar language has been forgotten. Nonetheless, those who hear the parrots claim that the poetry has moved them. This might be a symbol of language communicating despite enormous gaps, or it might be a symbol of language only seeming to communicate, a delusion that the gaps belie...

Author: By W. CALEB Crain, | Title: A Novel Dictionary | 11/12/1988 | See Source »

...Obviously, we can't claim a complete victory," Tarazi said. "The numbers are far too close...

Author: By Kelly A. Matthews, | Title: Cambridge Votes Yes on 5 | 11/9/1988 | See Source »

...compile a list of guns that could be sold legally. Firearms not on the list would be prohibited, and violators caught manufacturing or selling the weapons would be fined up to $10,000 a gun. While the law aims to eliminate only weapons with no "socially useful purpose," opponents claim that it would amount to a sweeping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On The Ballot: Guns and AIDS | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...turn the race into a referendum on his leadership, the trade issue has not only dogged him but has also put him in a seemingly contradictory situation. While he is running as the man who led Canada into an era of sunny prosperity, he is also campaigning on the claim that free trade is the sine qua non of Canada's economic future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gut Issue | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...paradox has bent the collective mind of the electorate into a pretzel. Before last week's debates, the Progressive Conservatives had looked like a good bet to win a majority in the House of Commons for a second consecutive term. A Gallup poll estimated that the Tories would claim roughly 40% of the vote -- enough to win 193 of the House's 295 seats -- with the New Democrats running at 29%, and Liberals at 28%. But Gallup also reported that 42% of Canadians oppose the free-trade agreement, 34% support it, and almost a quarter of the country is undecided...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gut Issue | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

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