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Aside from all the bloodshed, wars waste vast quantities of money -- which this government hasn't got. Just preparing the intervention to protect allegedly threatened Saudi Arabia is costing about $46 million a day (and has just about killed all hope of a post-cold war peace dividend). So far...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Case Against Going to War | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

But his downfall, according to insiders, can be traced primarily to his tense relationship with his corporate superiors, particularly over their growing pressure to cut costs. The timing of his resignation led some to speculate that the network chiefs were unhappy about Rather & Co.'s $1 million-a-week road...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Caught in The Cross Fire | 9/3/1990 | See Source »

In the two months since President Derek C. Bok announced his impending retirement, a number of newspapers--including The Crimson, the New York Times and the Boston Globe--ran stories that quoted Harvard insiders as saying Rosovsky was the most likely successor. Some said the popular professor and former dean...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: Rosovsky Says He Is Not a Candidate For the Presidency | 7/31/1990 | See Source »

Eleven voices and plenty of topics. Pleasant and not so pleasant memories of school days. Personal achievements and setbacks. National guilt. Pride in a democracy and in the European family. And finally, astonishment at something not expected in their lifetime: impending unification. "We are part of the rubble generation," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany: Down Memory Lane | 7/9/1990 | See Source »

Wrong. Within an hour, an "emergency actionteam" of students had mobilized to inform everyGrays resident of the impending danger. They wentdoor to door with words of doom--rife withtheories about the debilitating effects oftungsten sulfate compounds ("It will sear yourskin right off your hand. I know. I took the ChemAP...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: No Respect For Practical Jokers | 7/3/1990 | See Source »

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