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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...country performers in particular are completely overdrawn. None is allowed to develop a personality and after initially exchanging remarks like "six packs of tears," "backseat of the pickup truck of love," and "rhinestone cowprod" can find little else...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bye Bye, Bye Bye Verdi | 2/25/1987 | See Source »

...from the original, exotic technologies. One plan was to use laser weapons in space, but the generators have proved too heavy to put into orbit. Researchers are now considering a more complicated plan to use ground-based lasers and bounce the beams off mirrors in space. Attempts to develop neutral particle beams or electromagnetic "rail guns" have likewise proved difficult...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Star Wars to Smart Rocks | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

...schism among the contras is aggravated by a rift between the State Department and the CIA. State, convinced that the contras need civilian leadership to develop political and diplomatic support, forced Calero to accept the UNO power-sharing arrangement. The CIA, however, has indulged Calero's backhanded treatment of the UNO. "The CIA thinks the key to everything is the battlefield," says a State Department official. "In their view, if the contras start winning, the political and diplomatic support will follow." Contra supporters may wince at Calero's authoritarian tactics but they are unlikely to abandon him. Says a State...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War on The Installment Plan | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

...accordance with the plan, the university will hire a full-time professional to develop human relations training programs for employee supervisors. Hoping to encourage administrators to deal with workers equitably, Cornell will test supervisors' human relations skills yearly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS CUTS | 2/21/1987 | See Source »

Jobs, Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot, Carnegie Mellon University, and the employees of Next have invested in the company's effort to develop a microcomputer directed toward the needs of higher education...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS CUTS | 2/21/1987 | See Source »

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