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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Whether or not NATO manages to heal the rift over short-range nuclear missiles, there has been remarkable progress on balancing Soviet and Western conventional forces -- and the President will now be able to take some credit for it. Balancing, after all, is one of the things George Bush does best...
...whose computerized credit reports document in exquisite detail the bill- paying habits of 143 million consumers, is running TV ads in New York City and Los Angeles that offer people a peek at their own credit reports. For a $35 annual fee, subscribers get a summary of their TRW files and written notice whenever anyone orders a credit check on them...
Since starting the service a few years ago, TRW has persuaded 600,000 cautious customers to sign up. But privacy experts point out that TRW is selling information that federal law requires it to provide for $2 to $15, depending on the state, or, if consumers have been denied credit in the past 30 days, for free...
Baker, of course, practices the art of deflation for a living, and he repeatedly reminds us that Lucy Elizabeth must share the credit and the blame. "I was happy to get your letter, especially the news that someone else has noted your writing ability," she remarks after learning of her son's job opportunity at the Times. No matter that his abilities had already earned him big-league distinction in Europe; Mother Baker thought the offer was just the break he needed...
Most observers credit Horner with making the school one of the nation's foremost research institutions for women by building up Radcliffe's scholarly programs--the Bunting Institute, the Murray Research Center and the Schlesinger Library...