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...Humble as you are, it must be an extraordinary thing to be a vehicle of God's grace in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview with MOTHER Teresa: A Pencil In the Hand Of God | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

...special, perhaps even more so than other intelligent creatures such as chimpanzees or elephants. Unfortunately, dolphins can be smothered by misdirected love as well as by tuna nets. Swimming with them may make their human fans feel good, but it would be better if the admiring masses appreciated their grace and intelligence from afar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nature: An Uneasy Dip with the Dolphins | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

Michael and Kitty Dukakis have in a year experienced an extraordinary fall from grace. Sixteen months ago, they stood, a charmed political pair, before a roaring Democratic Convention. Today they struggle to hold together their public and private lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Losses Keep Mounting | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

Casually mention that your Yale acceptance letter is crumpled up somewhere in the corner of your desk. Note that your mother begged you not to chose Yale over Harvard. And for the coup de grace, say you really should have chosen Yale, as safety schools often prove to be the best choice...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Mind Games Before The Game | 11/15/1989 | See Source »

They hardly knew what hit them. That describes the ouster of legendary staffers who have lived out their usefulness to Si Newhouse, chairman of his family's publishing conglomerate. In 1987 William Shawn was suddenly removed as editor of the New Yorker after 35 years. Last year fashion doyenne Grace Mirabella was dethroned from the editorship at Vogue after 17 years; reportedly, she first learned the news of her dismissal from a friend who heard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PUBLISHING: He Hates Long Goodbyes | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

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