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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unfortunate misquote attributed to myself was used to dismiss the leadership potential of two strong, caring women who have been very active in the Harvard-Radcliffe Community for the past two years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RUS | 2/19/1983 | See Source »

...decision to dismiss Mr. Whitlam was exclusively my own, made upon my sole and full responsibility as Governor-General. No one else produced it. The CIA had no part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 14, 1983 | 2/14/1983 | See Source »

...fairness we should not dismiss the pomp and ceremony that accompany a State of the Union address. The television pictures of the White House and Capitol floodlighted at night are enough to stir even the most jaded American. The collected leadership in the House chamber dressed in their Sunday best is a grand sight. But more and more the import of the President's words is lost in the hoopla. The sights and sounds become more important than the substance, the entertainment more coveted than the information. When a President delivers a smash speech, he often fools himself into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The President: Entertainment over Substance | 2/7/1983 | See Source »

...corporate research continues. But without the other stimuli of the 1960s, students are far less likely to muster significant opposition to the way their schools operate. The pressure that foster pervasive careerism only further decrease the chances that students will spend much time on issues they can easily dismiss as "the way things...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett president, | Title: A Parting Shot | 2/2/1983 | See Source »

Economists might dismiss the President's remedy as frivolous, but their own prescriptions have not helped much either. Faced with a grinding recession that has driven the unemployment rate to 10.8% of the work force, the economics profession has dissolved into a babel of conflicting voices. Result: as the new year gets under way, economists seem further than ever from agreement on how to restore the economy to robust health...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Have All the Answers Gone? | 1/17/1983 | See Source »

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