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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mothers at Mandela House have more than addiction in common. They're mostly poor and black. All have other children in family and foster homes. Beatings by boyfriends and husbands were regular. What brought their world crashing down was an out-of-control lust for the intense feelings of power and well- being that flow from a hit of crack. "Crack has taken away these women's pride," says Thomas. "By the time they find their way here, they'll beg, steal and trade their bodies to the dope man for more." The mothers uneasily deny that their babies were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mandela House: A Hand and a Home For Pregnant Addicts | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

Sophomore Mike Foster, one of two junior varsity members who moved up for the match against Dartmouth, cruised past Jim Zug, 18-14, 15-8, 15-5, while teammate Polsky took out Doug Henry in three games...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Racquetmen Manuever Past Dartmouth, 7-2 | 2/16/1989 | See Source »

Joining Weaver in the best actress competition were Glenn Close for Dangerous Liaisons, Jodie Foster for The Accused, Meryl Streep for A Cry in the Dark and, in her first Oscar nomination, Melanie Griffith for Working Girl...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: `Rain Man' Nabs Eight Oscar Nominations | 2/16/1989 | See Source »

JASCHA HEIFETZ: THE DECCA MASTERS, VOL. 2 (MCA Classics). Jascha plays Gershwin! And Stephen Foster! And Irving Berlin! The greatest violinist who ever lived, in dazzling arrangements of It Ain't Necessarily So, Old Folks at Home and White Christmas, among other American bonbons. Those were the days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Feb. 13, 1989 | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

Like Brooke Shields and Jodie Foster, teen idol Salenger has replaced Hollywood scripts with Ivy League textbooks...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: From Box Office to Books: Salenger Off Camera | 2/12/1989 | See Source »

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