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...This brutality has reverberated throughout the entire world. If we do not follow the dictates of our inner moral compass and stand up for human life, then his lawlessness will threaten the peace and democracy of the emerging New World Order we now see: this long dreamed-of vision we've all worked toward for so long," he wrote...

Author: By Philip P. Pan, | Title: Bush Says War May Be Needed | 1/9/1991 | See Source »

Nationally, scouting faces an equally rugged journey. Like the 17,500 hikers who passed through Philmont this past summer, the highly traditional movement has been forced in recent years to shed some flab and check its compass. Static enrollments five years ago persuaded the national office in Irving, Texas, to commission a marketing study, which concluded that the Boy Scouts were dangerously out of step with post-1960s America; the public still imagined uniformed do-gooders who tie knots and help old folks across the street. One solution: the Scout Handbook was revised to show more minority scouts in action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cimarron, New Mexico Bears, Bucks And Boy Scouts | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

...question is always, 'Why is this show different?' " says David Gerber, president of MGM/UA Television. "((Network programmers)) are worried that they might get a well-executed show but that it won't be different enough to grab the audience." Says another producer: "The networks seem to have lost their compass. They're crying out for new stuff. But they're not sure what 'new' is or what to do with it when they find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Goodbye to The Mass Audience | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

...first of two televised "Lincoln-Douglas" style matches between the candidates, Weld held compass-like to a single point--that his opponent is not ethically, politically or administratively qualified to govern Massachusetts...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Despite Prodding, a Volcanic Silber Fails to Erupt | 10/23/1990 | See Source »

...ball. Almost scared of being featured on a football "bloopers" film, nobody reacted to the ball, until Gordian finally scooped it up and then stood in place for a moment. Still surrounded by several Crimson players, Gordian finally turned towards the Princeton goalline--evoking images of a compass reorienting itself towards the North Pole--and rumbled past and over the beleaguered Lutz and into the end zone...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Warning: If You Punt Against Harvard, Cover the Middle | 10/23/1990 | See Source »

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