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Suppose there are riots in the ghetto. The disruption could be so prodigious in the cities that a lot of people would go around saying we need martial law. Then you might have camps. Then a certain amount of free speech would be considered an excessive luxury. Which is the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: His Punch Is Better Than Ever | 9/30/1991 | See Source »

| For some campers, the holiday disruption caused by the state's fiscal crisis turned out to be mercifully brief. Three Connecticut companies chipped in $43,000 to keep Hammonasset and two other state beaches open through the weekend. But how soon state employees will return to work depends on how...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Connecticut Weicker Goes His Own Way | 7/15/1991 | See Source »

Faced with rising protests last week, the county planning department warned in a letter to Mary McEachron, administrative director of the center, that "social disruption, demonstrations, pickets" might occur if the center conducts animal research. Such activity, the letter said, could "significantly reduce the quality of life and community self...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California: My Neighbor The Rat | 7/8/1991 | See Source »

The hike to the waterfall is part of a trip that began by rugged and fat- tired mountain bicycle in a forest of tiny trees and giant plants at 11,300 ft. on the very rim of the Amazon basin and will continue by white-water raft, motorized canoe and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking A Guided Tour Through Eden | 6/17/1991 | See Source »

Quayle's real mission called for considerable diplomatic skill. He lobbied Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez to increase his country's oil production to make up for any shortfall resulting from the disruption in the gulf. Then, in two separate meetings, he pressed the leaders of Brazil and Argentina to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is He Really That Bad? | 5/20/1991 | See Source »

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