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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This position is distinctly at odds not only with the Constitution, but with the sentiments expressed by President George Bush himself, when he said in his inaugural address that he hoped for a new spirit of "free will, unhampered by the state...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: At Odds With Free Will | 2/16/1989 | See Source »

Freshmen hungry for a Valentine's Day treat at the Union Dining Hall yesterday may have received more than they bargained for when they found a cheerful cow giving out free kisses at lunch and dinner...

Author: By Andrew D. Cohen, | Title: Union Celebrates Dairy Week | 2/15/1989 | See Source »

That happened after Weyrich, who heads the archconservative Free Congress Research and Education Foundation, charged in an open hearing that Tower could become a "national embarrassment" as Secretary of Defense. "Over the course of many years," he explained, "I have encountered the nominee in a condition, a lack of sobriety, as well as with women to whom he was not married." Nunn would hear no more right then, though he promised Weyrich a chance to elaborate in closed session. In a later open hearing, Nunn asked Tower "whether you yourself have any alcohol problem." Tower's answer: "I have none...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Towering Troubles: Bush's pick for the Pentagon faces questions | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

...picture of the smiling mayoral candidate, the three words set in large print boasted a confident message: BERLIN WANTS HIM. Smugly sure of a re-election triumph, Mayor Eberhard Diepgen and his Christian Democratic Union were ready to settle back down with their loyal coalition partner, the liberal Free Democrats, and get on with the business of governing West Berlin. So when the early returns began flashing on the electronic monitors in West Berlin's city hall, ruling party politicians could only groan and shake their heads in disbelief. Berlin, it appeared, did not want Diepgen after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany Blitzkrieg by the Ultra-Right | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

...seats in the Bundestag, to be occupied after the national elections in 1990. As for the cocky Christian Democrats, they trailed their own 1985 performance by almost 9 percentage points, winding up with just 55 seats, the same number captured by their perennial rival, the Social Democratic Party. The Free Democrats fared so poorly that they failed to garner even a single seat, thus ending any hope of resurrecting the current coalition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany Blitzkrieg by the Ultra-Right | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

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