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In recent years, however, such problems as ozone depletion and deforestation have shown that mankind is threatening the systems that support its economic and social well-being. Americans pay lip service to this reality but tend to revert to old thinking when environmental reform threatens either jobs or life-styles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Literary Guides to Turning Green | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

Washington Monthly editor Charles Peters once identified the "Firemen First Principle" whereby bureaucrats threatened with a budget cut insist that the only way to economize is to cut essential services. Whenever a conflict between ethical propriety and financial gain arises, Harvard invariably announces that need-blind admissions--not $35,000...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Admissions for Fun and Profit: Why Byerly Hall Won't Tell All | 11/27/1990 | See Source »

Her marriage also defies easy stereotypes. Betsy and Chase met in late 1973 when they were both assigned to the Houston jail, and they began dating the following spring. Since such fraternization was frowned upon, they used a police scuba-diving club as a cover. "We like to have the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ELIZABETH WATSON: Reforming Our Image Of a Chief | 11/26/1990 | See Source »

Unfortunately, the dramatic direction is not strong enough to redeem the failings of the cabaret. The characters turn and deliver their lines straight to the audience, not bothering to open their stance and pretend that they are conversing with each other. As a result the illusion of on-stage reality...

Author: By Adam E. Pachter, | Title: Chicago's Razzle-dazzle Fizzles | 11/9/1990 | See Source »

What a dream. What an illusion.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Can America Stand Alone? | 10/22/1990 | See Source »

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