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Did the President really mean those threats of war, or was he just trying to get voters' minds off the budget mess and the impending recession and end his own slump in the opinion polls? Bush branded those suggestions as "the ultimate of cynicism and indecency." When questioned by reporters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On The Warpath | 11/12/1990 | See Source »

One of the weaknesses of the War Powers Act is that it fails to specify who should be consulted or exactly when (Ronald Reagan informed Capitol Hill leaders of the impending U.S. air strike on Libya in 1986 only after the bombers were in the air and nearing their targets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf Trip Wires to War | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

War rumors have whipsawed the world's stock markets, heightening the mood of impending economic disaster. The Dow Jones average closed at 2510.64 last week, up 58 points for the week but down almost 500 points from its peak in July. Other markets have been hit even harder. In the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All Shook Up | 10/15/1990 | See Source »

Overshadowing The Final Club is a sense of impending doom, a sense that for all the frantic activity, all the creative energy, all the waste, all the parties, all the snubs, the characters are trapped in a world beyond their control. Like Gatsby, they try to control the world through...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: Ceremonies of Exclusivity, Timeless Literary Questions | 9/21/1990 | See Source »

The Corporation, Harvard's seven-member chief governing board, named the search committee after Bok announced his impending resignation last June. It is composed of six Corporation members and three representatives of the alumni-elected Board of Overseers.

Author: By Tara A. Nayak, | Title: Committee Seeks Scholar President | 9/14/1990 | See Source »

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