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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most Americans, prisons exist to hide and contain crime and as such, they are easily and best forgotten. But for a small number of volunteers--including the dozen or so Harvard students who tutor every Monday night in the Suffolk Country House of Correction at Deer Island--prisons are an extension of the lecture hall. Here, tutor and tutee meet in an atmosphere of mutual curiosity to explore and learn from each other. Establishment confronts outlaw, and sometimes both profit...

Author: By Michael E. Wall, | Title: When Worlds Collide: Tutoring in Prisons | 5/4/1988 | See Source »

...family is to focus hostility on the tribe across the street, and political parties operate on the same principle. Until the convention in Atlanta confirms last week's verdict in New York, and until Dukakis, Jackson and the Southern Tories discover whether the Democratic Party is big enough to contain them all, the common enemy may help concentrate their attention wonderfully. And as the Democrats' marathon man heads toward even bigger hurdles, some of his fellow runners must help him along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marathon Man | 5/2/1988 | See Source »

...Disney is not just kid stuff. Under its Touchstone label, Disney is making movies that often contain more than a sprinkling of sex and mayhem. "Disney is still Disney, the one ingrained in the American memory," says Robin Williams, who stars in Good Morning, Vietnam. "But it's a different Disney, doing different things. Touchstone is from the same family, but it's a new child in town. This Minnie has nipples...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do You Believe In Magic? | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

...makes me uncomfortable to ask a visiting minister to our church to contain the glories of God in a few short minutes, to force them to water down the holy message of the Scriptures." Someone shuffled their feet, and Jesse started to pay attention to Thompson's words...

Author: By Bentley Boyd, | Title: That No-Time Jackson Religion | 4/5/1988 | See Source »

...persist. Hoping to reduce that risk, doctors are testing the antiviral substance interferon in adults with severe warts, and efforts to produce a vaccine are also under way. But no solution is close at hand. The prospect is for another sexually transmitted epidemic that will take many years to contain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Another Sexual Blight to Fight | 4/4/1988 | See Source »

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