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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only because men in power have never taken women seriously. For older generations of women, it was one of the only places in politics that they could be taken seriously. At any rate, the most recent presidential debates were taken away from the league--and the substantive content of the presentations didn't improve...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Babbitt and the Gov Jocks | 4/6/1989 | See Source »

Within the main framework of the meal structure, Hennessey tries to include all four food groups and is very conscious of the sodium and fat content of the food...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Providing Facts About Nutrition | 4/5/1989 | See Source »

Students rarely voice their nutritional complaints or questions directly to Hennessey, but she says she has met with representatives from Eating Concerns Hotline and Outreach who asked her questions about the nutritional content of the dining hall food...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Providing Facts About Nutrition | 4/5/1989 | See Source »

...1970s were only a bad dream, consumers have been content to step on the gas. Sales of light trucks and four-wheel-drive vehicles, which generally guzzle more fuel than autos, have set U.S. sales records for four of the past five years. Small wonder: the price of gasoline, adjusted for inflation, is at its 1965 level. Among customers choosing a recreational vehicle, says Bill Jocoy, a salesman at Northwoods RV Supermarket in Lansing, Mich., mileage per gallon ranks only fifth or sixth among their priorities, after color and floor plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Step on The Gas, Pay the Price | 4/3/1989 | See Source »

Since only a few hard-core ideologues still believe that lowering marginal tax rates produces an actual increase in revenues, Lindsey had to content himself by telling the gathered students that lowering the top marginal rates makes the rich pay a larger share of the nation's total tax bill...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Larry Lindsey Rides Again | 3/24/1989 | See Source »

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