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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Other Freshman activities included a fruit and dairy bar at breakfast Monday morning, a root beer float bar last night and National Dairy Week posters posted around the Union, D'Andria said...

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

...scientists, and possibly for all humanity, a watershed event is about to take place. Biologists have long been closing in on a goal that is both alluring and frightening: to alter the genetic code of a human being. They have transplanted foreign genes into bacteria, fruit flies, even mice. Now medical researchers at the National Institutes of Health are ready to take the big step: within the next two months they will perform the first authorized gene transplants into humans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Coming: A Historic Experiment | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

...turned out, Quayle performed better than even he might have expected. He committed some small gaffes: tempting fate by tasting tropical fruit at a Caracas fruit stand and rapping former President Jimmy Carter for "complicating matters" by discussing Central American peace plans with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. Quayle said he did not talk with his boss during the trip and noted that the President was suffering from laryngitis. He then took an unintentional swipe at Ronald Reagan by adding that the former President sometimes used a sore throat as an excuse for canceling press conferences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dan Quayle's Diplomatic Debut | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

...with a blast of warm air. For added comfort, the seat is heated. It even has a safety device: to prevent the mechanically inquisitive from being sprayed in the face, the water nozzle will not work until a sensor registers the presence of a seat upon the seat. The fruit of a two-year survey of the Japanese anatomy -- in search of the perfect angle for the water nozzle -- the Washlet is being aggressively marketed by its manufacturer, TOTO, Japan's largest maker of toilets. Promise the ads: "Your bottom will like it after three tries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: King for A Day | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

Though a survey showed grudging support for the measures, Sarney obviously hopes the summer plan will yield fruit before November's presidential elections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil: A Fiscal Deep Freeze | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

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