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Dates: during 1980-1989
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In the small, squalid mind of Stavros Topouzoglou there seems not a scintilla of that diamantine nobility ascribed,to the Grecian soul. As his employer, an Armenian, says, "A fellow like you, here, has to be an anarchist, a boxer or a gangster." In fact, all Stavros ever wants to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: All the Way from Rugs to Riches | 8/2/1982 | See Source »

THE REAGAN PROPAGANDA campaign seems particularly dramatic because of the nation's traditional respect for education. People are accustomed to blaming and blessing "America's commitment to education" for a host of sociological circumstances, from up ward mobility to crowded professional job markets to the existence of "diploma mills." A...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: The Bulldozer Strategy for Education | 7/27/1982 | See Source »

On the surface, the "war," as Poles refer to military rule, is hardly noticeable. The tanks are gone from the streets, the soldiers are back in their barracks, and television newscasters have hung up their ill-fitting military uniforms. Indeed, the most vivid reminder that Poles live in a state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: The Standoff in Victory Square | 7/26/1982 | See Source »

At the start of business early last week, depositors crowded into the lobby of Oklahoma City's Perm Square Bank and patiently stood in line to take out all their money. Still more customers waited outside so that they could also withdraw their funds. Penn Square was in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oklahoma K.O. | 7/19/1982 | See Source »

LOS ANGELES in 2019 presents few surprises Traffic trangles are thicker and constant rain has replaced the smog, but a skeletal Bradford building still towers over a freakish mob in the high-tech skyline of Blade Runner. Not that the skyline appears very often in Ridley Scott's latest sci...

Author: By Clea Simon, | Title: Dull Blade | 7/16/1982 | See Source »

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