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Dates: during 1980-1989
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One of the most provocative reform ideas came from drug czar William Bennett, the former Education Secretary, who bluntly described much of what he heard at the summit as "pap -- and stuff that rhymes with pap." Bennett noted, for example, that "everybody seems to like national performance goals, but the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Calling for An Overhaul | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

"Uh, I don't know," replied Nicole, with her eyes down. "That's still vague with me."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adoption: The Baby Chase | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

Terry Ulick, 34, and his wife Linda, 45, of Bartlett, Ill., were rebuffed by seven agencies in their six-year quest for a child. One agency said he was too fat and she was too old. "The biological rules of nature are that any two people can get together and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adoption: The Baby Chase | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

TELEVISION: POSTSEASON BASEBALL. If Vin Scully and Tony Kubek get misty eyed in the late innings this week and next, don't be surprised. NBC's coverage of the 1989 play-offs marks the end of an era. TV's premier baseball network is being sent to the showers. Indeed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Oct. 9, 1989 | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

Some of these circuits are long and slow, so that consequences may take years or generations to manifest themselves. That helps sustain the cowboy myth that nature is a neutral, unchanging backdrop. Moreover, evolution seems to have wired our brains to respond to rapid changes, the snap of a twig...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Fear in A Handful of Numbers | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

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