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...other 300 imperfect candlesticks? According to Charles Yeager, Washington correspondent for the weekly Linn's Stamp News, those rarities are circulating somewhere in the American heartland. "If I lived in the Midwest," says Yeager, "I'd go down to my local post office and have a look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Truth And Reason Upside Down | 9/14/1987 | See Source »

Everyone comes off imperfect...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Staring at the World From the Other Side | 7/17/1987 | See Source »

Barbie, however, was no ordinary soldier merely doing his duty. Nor was World War II just another war to be gradually forgotten. That was why France put Barbie on trial, so that a ceremony of justice, however belated and imperfect, could bring some solace for his victims and a record for future generations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France A Verdict on the Butcher | 7/13/1987 | See Source »

...surrogate contract is no different from any other. You give me $10,000, I'll give you a baby. Think about that. You give me $10,000, I'll give you a baby. Most contracts make allowances, even, for the abortion of the fetus if it is medically imperfect; no one, after all, wants to buy defective merchandise. The surrogate mother promises "not to form or attempt to form a parent-child relationship." The baby, remember, is not her. The surrogate, say supporters, is selling not the baby, really, but the "use of her womb." She is nothing more than...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mothers | 4/8/1987 | See Source »

...perfect touch at the end of an imperfect evening...

Author: By Adam J. Epstein, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Sioux Ambush Icemen's Title Hopes | 3/27/1987 | See Source »

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