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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...expose the puny, pusillanimous, question-quelching "mind-set" behind such work--and to defend the so-called "closed, feminist--and empty" minds of those who favor Women's Studies...

Author: By Cynthia V. Hooper, | Title: A Study of Women's Studies | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

...opinions expressed last week make clear the need for women to assert an independent voice in society. However, I found to my mortification that in writing to defend the concept of a concentration in Women's Studies I found it impossible not to sound as closed-minded and contrived as my colleague who sees Harvard becoming "a hotbed of passing fads and vulgar idols...

Author: By Cynthia V. Hooper, | Title: A Study of Women's Studies | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

Still, OPEC is expected to regain its strength sooner or later, and the U.S. is doing little to defend itself against a revitalized cartel. American oil production, which had held fairly steady since the late 1970s, declined last year. Total output fell by 3%, or 300,000 bbl. a day. The Department of Energy projects that U.S. oil production will fall by an additional 440,000 bbl. a day through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Enjoy Now, Pay Later | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

Indeed, ever since Man found it necessary to defend himself, people have been making a good living off of our innate biological desire to harm each other. Early scientists were paid well by the government for conducting research in pit development. The first attempts with pit technology entailed the digging of great holes in the earth, and then luring their enemies inside by placing cod scallop meat at the bottom. Yet this method proved ineffectual, for even back then no one really cared for the taste of this queer delicacy...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: A Call to Arms | 3/12/1987 | See Source »

During the recovery from his prostate surgery, the President's energy was husbanded even more by Mrs. Reagan, and just at the time that the Iran-contra revelations were intensifying. Chief of Staff Don Regan tried to pressure Nancyinto letting the President defend himself publicly. She flared up. The day thatMarlin Fitzwater took over as press spokesman, she summoned him to her sitting room. "I make no apologies for protecting the President," she said. "The doctors say that it will take six weeks for him to fully recover. That is the way it is going to be." Fitzwater felt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency The Circuits Are Overloaded | 3/9/1987 | See Source »

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