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...holding, because the reader will quickly discover that he does not hold the Khazar dictionary itself, but only a collection of its fragments, among them bits of the 1691 edition of Joannes Daubmannus (rumored to survive; the reader could search for the last extant copy, printed in a poisonous ink...

Author: By W. CALEB Crain, | Title: A Novel Dictionary | 11/12/1988 | See Source »

...Western credits come none too soon for Gorbachev's rickety economy. The day after Kohl's departure, Soviet leaders admitted for the first time that their government has been running a hefty budget deficit. Finance Minister Boris Gostev told members of the Soviet parliament that this year's red ink would total $58.8 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West A Toast - or Roast - for Reform? | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...Iran-Contra and Gary Hart scandals. This segment lived up to its commercials touting a show "taken from today's headlines." When President Samuel Baker (James Whitmore) asks his aide what Fallon is made of, he is told, "The same thing all good running mates are made of. Ink...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: The Black Sheep of the Family | 11/5/1988 | See Source »

...this ink can be blamed on Pete Rose or balk rules. Giamatti is too articulate for his own anonymity. Sportswriters have learned that Bart, as everyone calls him, will eventually deliver the colorful remark. It may take some hounding. He may try to put them off with a "Can't talk to you now, guy" or a "Later, pal," displaying the side-of-the-mouth brusqueness he adopts when feeling besieged. Never mind. Sooner or later, usually sooner, he will relent. Prod him with questions. Why has he been critical of those huge screens towering behind outfield fences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A. BARTLETT GIAMATTI: Egghead At the Plate | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

...said and I would want my baby doll to be a real baby." The teacher wrote back, asking her, "How would you take care of a real baby and still go to school?" She answered, "I have a mom, you know." To this, the teacher replied in her red ink, "This isn't your mom's baby. Why should she take care of it?" No reply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Through the Eyes of Children: Bianca, New Orleans | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

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