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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Washington correspondent Michael Duffy's traveling travails have involved bytes of a different kind. He recently arrived at Washington National Airport half an hour before takeoff, only to discover that he had forgotten his laptop computer. Luckily, Duffy found a Good Samaritan who stood in line for him while he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From the Publisher: Oct. 3, 1988 | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

As they settled into the first weeks of the semester, there were many surprises. At Middlebury, Sergey Plyasunov, 22, has discovered what it is like to study the Soviet Union "from the other side." Says he: "I find out things that I didn't learn in my own country about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: But Where Are Their Chaperones? | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

At sunrise every morning in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale, the Shanker family gets ready for work. Steven Shanker, 37, and his wife Avima, 35, wake their two sons, Elan, 5, and Dannel, 2, for a hurried breakfast of cereal and orange juice. After the meal Avima heads off...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: Family Ties: Home Is Where The Heart Is | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

$ Elder care lags behind child care on the corporate agenda, but increasing numbers of companies recognize that Grandpa can sometimes create more trouble than Junior. IBM learned in an employee survey last year that 30% of its workers help take care of elderly relatives. So starting last February, the computer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: Family Ties: Home Is Where The Heart Is | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

Perhaps the most common of family benefits is flexible scheduling, or flextime, which permits employees to adjust their working hours to meet personal needs. In some 60% of U.S. workplaces, employees are allowed some leeway in when they work. Typically, a flextime employee comes to the office earlier or later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: Family Ties: Home Is Where The Heart Is | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

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