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...name, would probably wish for me to say that I learned a great deal about Mathematics, Systematics, German, Fine Arts, Sanskrit, Archaeology, Biology, and Pottery, during my three and a half years at fair Harvard. But somehow, what little book learning I have acquired here seem pale and gaunt compared to the true wisdom I have come to call my own. Stand ever firm, O Stacks of Widener; but not down thy revered stacks shall I tread...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: I Have My Pride | 12/16/1987 | See Source »

Police threw up roadblocks and used megaphones to urge residents to stay indoors. A helicopter carrying marksmen with sniper rifles whirred overhead, and teams of police with pump shotguns flooded the streets. By 2:30 p.m. they had tracked Ryan to the John O'Gaunt elementary school, which he had attended as a child. Trained negotiators arrived to talk to him, but to no avail. Shortly after 8 p.m., a muffled shot rang out. Ryan had become his own last victim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain Wednesday, Bloody Wednesday | 8/31/1987 | See Source »

...former Plant Director Viktor Bryukhanov, 51, and former Chief Engineer Nikolai Fomin, 50. The three men have already been stripped of Communist Party membership and have spent the past year in a Kiev jail, awaiting trial. Wearing plain dark suits and shirts open at the collar, all three looked gaunt and weary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disasters Judgment at Chernobyl | 7/20/1987 | See Source »

...Channel J. One night this month, for instance, you could see sadomasochists play whipsie at the Hellfire Club. You could videotape a pornographic cartoon starring a trio of unflaggingly avid barnyard animals. You could catch perhaps a dozen commercials for call-girl "escort services" and for Steve, a gaunt guy who poses in his undies, gives his pertinent measurements and phone number and caters to all comers. You could hear the show's executive producer, Al Goldstein, mouth off on any subject that grazed his mind: Gloria Steinem ("great legs"), a play he'd seen in London ("Skip it. Miss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA Turned On? Turn It Off | 7/6/1987 | See Source »

...arraignment took just 15 minutes, and then the defendant ducked out of the downtown Manhattan courthouse and sped away in a black luxury limousine. Former Arbitrager Ivan Boesky, looking gaunt and subdued, pleaded guilty before a federal judge to one count of violating federal securities laws. Boesky, 50, who is the leading man in Wall Street's biggest stock-market scandal, remains free until his sentencing in August. The Detroit-born son of a delicatessen owner, who amassed an estimated fortune of $200 million through his dealings, and who still lives on a 200-acre New Castle, N.Y., estate, faces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INSIDER TRADING: The High Cost Of Business | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

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