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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...These self-contained systems are appealing to me because they don't deal with the irrationalities of the human mind," says Taylor. "I guess I just don't find the human psyche and all the various depictions of it all that fascinating. Music fulfills an emotional need in me. But it does this by evoking emotion; not by depicting it or talking about it like literature or theater. I also don't use painting as an outlet because I am not a visual person...

Author: By Alison D. Morantz, | Title: Music + Math: A Common Equation? | 11/30/1988 | See Source »

...Force Two the next afternoon for Bush's return to New Hampshire. Sitting next to Bush on the plane, she tried to make sense of what he was trying to say about himself. His hands fluttered near his chest, as if seeking his heart, and he said softly, "I guess we've got to get more of me out there." Working all night in her hotel room, Noonan cobbled together a stump speech that revealed a new Bush persona, later known as the "kinder, gentler" George. "Here I stand, warts and all," she wrote (attributing the phrase incorrectly to Abraham...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nine Key Moments : 1988 Campaign | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

...long been anyone's guess just how many Americans suffer from mental illness. For starters, the many kinds of mental disorders are often difficult to diagnose. And the stigma of seeing a psychiatrist prevents many disturbed people from seeking help. Now the National Institute of Mental Health has completed the most extensive study ever of U.S. mental-health problems, and its conclusions are startling. The study, published in the November Archives of General Psychiatry, concluded that about one-third of all Americans suffer from an acute mental illness at some point in their lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Troubled Minds | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

...think it's important to have affirmative action goals to increase women and minorities in the faculty," said Clark. "I guess I disagree with [Bell's] idea that mechanical numbers is the best way to do that...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: Law Profs Debate Dean's Role | 11/17/1988 | See Source »

...were then buried alive with it. Seagrave claims that Marcos was able to disperse the gold with the aid of a murky global network of coconspirators, including Swiss banks, a London-based bullion cartel, right-wing American political groups (among them, the John Birch Society) and -- guess what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mercenary Monsters From Manila THE MARCOS DYNASTY | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

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