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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...monstrously" expensive, further draining money from more economical unmanned scientific probes. The Mars mission does have a certain appeal, he concedes, because "it's a matter of high adventure. But if you want to put it on any practical basis, it's totally uncompetitive with unmanned spacecraft by a factor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Onward to Mars | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

...crop up in the Wedtech scandal 15 months ago, cries for Meese's resignation were as regular as congressional quorum calls. During the ensuing months, Meese became a cumbrous liability for the presidential campaign of George Bush and a living symbol of what Democrats like to call the "sleaze factor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Veni, Vidi, Vindicated? | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

...prompt the most difficult questions. How did efforts to get the car fixed spiral into robbery and death, bad decisions made at every turn? Nothing about Cooney or his friends suggested they were capable of reckless, murderous behavior. So far, drinking and drugs do not appear to be a factor. Three of the boys came from working-class families who struggled to pay the $3,225 tuition at a strict private school where Catholic, not prep, is the defining sensibility. Cooney was the stepson of a police officer; Katanic's widowed mother is a clerical worker. All five boys were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Friends in a Car | 7/11/1988 | See Source »

...Kelly S. Mikelson '92 staying near home a key factor in her decision to attend Harvard. A resident of Brookline, Mikelsoln came to Massachusetts two years ago and says she is not ready to leave. "I really like this city," she says. "It's incredibly diverse and a comfortable place...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: The Aspirations of Five Fresh Freshmen | 7/8/1988 | See Source »

...fact that Harvard is close to home and that it is in the city was also a decisive factor for O'Neil. "I wanted to be in a place that wasn't isolated," she says. O'Neil, who graduated from Belmont High School last spring, plans to continue painting and dancing at Harvard and says she may also work for a campus literary magazine...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: The Aspirations of Five Fresh Freshmen | 7/8/1988 | See Source »

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