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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Asbestos lurks in some of the most prominent and populated structures: Manhattan's World Trade Center, Chicago's John Hancock Building and Houston's Astrodome. But it can be found at many ordinary addresses as well. More than 733,000 structures, or 20% of U.S. commercial and public properties, are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monster in The Closet: Asbestos | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

Despite the new limitations, the death knell has not yet sounded for affirmative action. Last week's decision did not affect plans by private companies to increase minority hiring, nor did it nullify the Federal Government's set-aside program. Some experts, moreover, feel that local governments may be able...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: A Blow to Affirmative Action | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

A clandestine cottage industry has grown up to convert these guns into full ! automatics, which can fire long bursts with a single pull of the trigger (a semi-automatic, despite its rapid-fire capability, requires a separate squeeze of the trigger for each round). A skilled gunsmith can accomplish the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Other Arms Race | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

To be effective, any law regulating semiautomatic assault rifles would have to be federal. It would make no sense to ban such weapons in, say, California, if they could be legally purchased in neighboring Arizona or Oregon. But tens of millions of Americans -- not to mention the Bush Administration -- resist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Other Arms Race | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

"Arrant nonsense," retorted U.S. District Judge Albert V. Bryan. He proceeded to sentence LaRouche, 66, to 15 years in prison for evading taxes and swindling his political contributors out of $30 million in loans. Six LaRouche associates also received prison sentences of three to five years and fines of $6...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Debtor's Prison: Lyndon LaRouche | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

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