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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This can prompt him to consider breaching the rules of the game. Like every fair game, there are rules--and the golden rule of examinations is: You can't cheat...

Author: By Jeffrey S. Nordhaus, | Title: Let the Games Begin | 8/18/1987 | See Source »

...only way cheating seems fair in such a situation is if one bold guy shouts out "All right, let's all open our books for 30 seconds." All the students get the same advantage. In the traditional scenario, everyone is on their own against the proctors--here they are in it together. But no one would ever shout this...

Author: By Jeffrey S. Nordhaus, | Title: Let the Games Begin | 8/18/1987 | See Source »

Does TV always have to be fair? And if so, who decides what fairness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Edging The Government Out of TV | 8/17/1987 | See Source »

...office, and a provision obliging stations to cover issues of importance to the local community. So what will actually change? At larger stations, probably very little. Says Dennis FitzSimons, general manager of Chicago's independent WGN- TV: "Our policy has always been to air opposing views and to be fair." But smaller stations may be a different matter. For instance, under the old rule, says Robert L. Foss of the Florida Association of Broadcasters, many small operators hesitated to air editorials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Edging The Government Out of TV | 8/17/1987 | See Source »

What keeps the two so fit? Certainly not romance. The doctor has an eye for the well-turned ankle ("Now, Watson, the fair sex is your department") but marries respectably. The lifelong bachelor Holmes has neither chick nor child. "Women are never to be entirely trusted," he believes, "not the best of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Game Is Still Afoot | 8/17/1987 | See Source »

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