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...Fifteen years down the road, Rodriguez says she sees herself married, with a large family, and involved in the local Catholic church. "I have a firm commitment to working at the grass-roots level," she says...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: A Life of Breaking Down Barriers | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

...foreigners, radicals, and those looking for cheap housing. However, the assistant social chairman of the Fly Club also lived there at one point, as did George Gilder, now a conservative economist. And Daemon Paine, a homeless person, came for Thanksgiving dinner in 1970 and never left until his death fifteen years later...

Author: By A. LOUISE Oliver, | Title: A Harvard Reunion, Co-Op Style | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

...Fifteen minutes after the power failure. Boston Garden president Larry Moulter was among several people on the ice waving fans out of the stands. The power failure prevented any public address announcement to evacuate the 60-year-old building...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stanley Cup Game Postponed | 5/25/1988 | See Source »

...club one block from the docks used by the U.S. Sixth Fleet. Inside, shielded by their basement location, sailors from the U.S. Navy frigate Paul were throwing a party. Five people outside the club were killed, including U.S. Navy Petty Officer Angela Santos, 21, who was stationed in Naples. Fifteen were wounded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bombs In New Jersey and Naples | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

...long time, the war on drugs was Jesse Jackson's signature tune, his issue. Fifteen years ago, Jackson was decrying drugs as America's public enemy No. 1. The drug issue is -- and has been -- the strongest, the most reassuring, the most universally appealing part of his populist message, the theme that seems to take some of the sting out of his radicalism. He speaks more convincingly, more plainly about drugs than about any other subject. No other candidate comes close to the reaction Jackson gets when he calls out "Down with dope. Up with hope." None can match...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Riding The Drug Issue | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

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