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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...their innocence, Hayes, Hill and Gibson have so far resisted pressure from Governor Madeleine Kunin, who three weeks ago urged them to step down. They have, however, disqualified themselves from many of the cases before the court this month. Retired and lower-court judges have been called on to fill out the high bench in these cases, thus somewhat disrupting courts throughout the state. Resolution of the charges against the three could take months, and will wind up in the supreme court. Then the two untainted justices will also have to step aside, leaving it to five non-supreme court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: And In Vermont | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

Television programs for children seem to divide neatly into two mutually exclusive categories: the shows kids watch and the shows they ought to watch. In the first group are the platoons of super-heroes, Smurfs and toy-store transplants that fill the dial on Saturday mornings and weekday afternoons. In the second are those earnest after-school specials and occasional PBS offerings praised by critics and parents but seldom watched by more than a fraction of the youngsters who crowd in front of the set for He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Square...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Multiple Fun on Square One | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

Waves of immigrants -- both legal and illegal -- will help fill the demand for new workers. Leon Bouvier, visiting professor at Tulane's School of Public Health, predicts that in Texas, New York, California, Illinois and Florida the growth in the labor force in the first 30 years of the next century will be almost entirely made up of women and immigrants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome, America, to the Baby Bust | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

ClassMates is the brainchild of Robin Alper '87 and Betsy Kramer '87. The two Quincy House residents are banking on their belief that such a venture will fill an existing gap in the social lives of local students...

Author: By Camille L. Landau, | Title: Students Offer The 'Desperately Seeking' A Solution | 2/19/1987 | See Source »

While these battles over access are waged, correspondents struggle to fill their notebooks with anything more than rumor or innuendo. They follow a well- trodden path to the contra offices in a sprawling bungalow on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa. The spokesperson is charming but uninformative. On a good day, a journalist might run into Contra Leaders Adolfo Calero or Enrique Bermudez, but they are not always forthcoming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: The War That No One Can Cover | 2/16/1987 | See Source »

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