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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...make life easier or more comfortable: cellular phones, cappuccino makers, home computers, hot tubs, Nautilus machines, camcorders, stereo TV sets, trash compactors, snow blowers. Giving in to impulse buying is easier than ever. The outlets are ubiquitous: shopping malls, mail-order catalogs, toll-free numbers, home-shopping networks, direct mail. Even a consumer's credit card bill, which contains the bad news about spending, is packed with offers for more merchandise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting The Urge to Splurge | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

...White House appears reluctant to get directly involved in Haiti. While the Reagan Administration continues to seek aid for the contra rebels in Nicaragua in the name of restoring democracy, it does not want to intervene militarily in Haiti for a similar purpose. After suspending U.S. economic aid last week, senior Administration officials said direct military action would be premature and would be opposed by neighboring countries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should the U.S. Intervene? | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

Mark Glover (1-4--5), Paul Rai (3-1--4), and Derek Tweddell (4-0--0) direct a Dartmouth offense that has averaged only two goals per game. Much more can be said about the goaltending tandem of Steve Lauren (2.54 goals-against average, .910 save percentage) and Tim Osby (2.34, .916). Dartmouth does not have the offensive firepower to match Harvard's, but the Green can create problems in its own zone...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Big Green Invasion, But Too Big? | 12/12/1987 | See Source »

Visiting artists at the ART are often incorporated into the Institute's ever-changing curriculum. When Richard Foreman comes to Cambridge this spring to direct The Fall of the House of Usher, a musical by composer Philip Glass which is based on Edgar Allan Poe's classic horror tale, he will also hold an intensive workshop on acting at the Institute, says registrar Barbara Akiba. And European director Andrei Serban has already taught a class on acting using bamboo poles during one visit...

Author: By Michael A. Levitt, | Title: Teaching the ART of Acting | 12/10/1987 | See Source »

...does," says Tripp Bratton, an official at the institute, "is she calms herself and tunes in to a signal. Everything has a vibration, even if it doesn't have a physical form. Then she becomes animated by the energy on the other end of the 'line.' It's direct telepathic communication." Samuel usually discusses problems he feels are present in the audience and then takes questions: What happened to Atlantis? What happened to the Challenger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: New Age Harmonies | 12/7/1987 | See Source »

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