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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recent departure by a lesbian activist from the increasingly antagonistic race for the Massachusetts Senate seat in the Suffolk and Middlesex district has left the two leading contenders to battle it out for the support of progressive groups...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Race for State Senate Seat Narrows As Candidates Seek Progressive Vote | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

...been pro-choice from the mid-70s," saidRozzi. "While you might think that stance was apopular one in the district, it was actually a lotmore difficult. The district is very diverse.People in Cambridge thought it was a great idea,while people in East Boston thought it was theworst thing he could have done...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Race for State Senate Seat Narrows As Candidates Seek Progressive Vote | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

...proceeds, claiming that the institution knew it was dealing with a drug trafficker when it approved the mortgage in 1987. Says Republic's attorney, Stanley Beiley: "The bank had absolutely no knowledge that the property was acquired with drug money." Now, in a precedent-setting action in U.S. district court, the bank is suing the Government for its money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SEIZURES: A Loan Goes Up in Smoke | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

...house, but he wasn't there. So I kept going back until finally I fell asleep on his doorstep. At 2 in the morning my client returned, and I apologized. We have been friends ever since." Now that Idotsuji is manager of the Nomura branch in the Kichijoji district of Tokyo, he expects the same dedication from his salesmen. Like fierce drill sergeants, Nomura bosses demand hard work and unflagging discipline. Says one employee: "Everyone works like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Nomura: Working Like a Dog | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

...months, show Bush trailing Dukakis among women voters by anywhere from 17 to 32 points. Even among Republican women, regardless of age or class, Bush does far worse than he does among men. Lamented a Republican political consultant as he pored over poll data from a solidly conservative district in Ohio last week: "Among women under 40, he gets 35%; among women over 40, he gets 33%. Either way, he gets annihilated." Illinois Republican Congresswoman Lynn Martin, a Bush adviser, calls the gender gap the "400-lb. gorilla" of the campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shoot-Out At Gender Gap | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

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