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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dukakis said the Seabrook plant was "a white elephant" and that the NRC's action was the equivalent of removing lifeboats on the Titanic.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dukakis Attacks NRC Seabrook Ruling | 2/27/1987 | See Source »

Duck shoes, bait jackets and chamois shirts are harmless enough, but now the rugged outdoorsman can buy mail-order ammunition. By dialing a toll-free number in which the last four digits spell BANG, customers can order ammunition ranging in size from .22-cal. slugs to 458 Winchester Magnums, known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MAIL ORDER: Dial BANG For Ammo | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

It is easy to fall in love not only with the shapes and colors of the animals but with their motions, their curving and infinitely varied gaits. The zebra moves with a strong, short-muscled stride. It is a sleek, erotic beast with vigorous bearing. The zebra's self-possession...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

The skeleton of an elephant lies out in the grasses near a baobab tree and a scattering of black volcanic stones. The thick-trunked, gnarled baobab gesticulates with its branches, as if trying to summon help. There are no tusks lying among the bones, of course; ivory vanishes quickly in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

In its rush to deploy the B-1B, the Air Force went into production while the aircraft was still undergoing major design modifications. Even before the first bombers became operational last fall at Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, there were portents of trouble. The plane's fuel tanks, built...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pentagon's Flying Edsel | 1/19/1987 | See Source »

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