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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...whatever we will be. If we are halfway, we'll have semi- perestroika. If we rebuild with rotting lumber from former labor camps, perestroika will collapse. If we all pull the blankets toward ourselves, perestroika will freeze. What is done in the name of protecting one's cushy armchair isn't ideology, it's cushiology. Between the pro-perestroikers and the anti-perestroikers, unfortunately, there is a large group I call the "oikers." They're the ones who whine constantly about the lack of sugar and other things but do not lift a finger to stop those who want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yevgeny Alexandrovich Yevtushenko: We Humiliate Ourselves | 6/27/1988 | See Source »

...Will Love and Marriage (and his mother-in-law) KO Mike Tyson?" reads the cover of SI's June 13 issue. Inside, the adjective used to describe Givens and her mother is a tame "willful." Check the italics and parentheses for SI's real message. It isn't hard to miss...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Women KO'd in Media's Ring | 6/26/1988 | See Source »

...That isn't the point. What we have is a matchup between two boxing greats. Tyson--the seemingly unbeatable, indestructable, current heavyweight champion of the world--and Spinks--also undefeated, but older, more seasoned...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Women KO'd in Media's Ring | 6/26/1988 | See Source »

...have found from our experience in recruiting that if we aren't able to address very individual situations, we could be in danger of losing the best possible person," Corvey says. "The equity considerations are a priority. It isn't one package...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: It's a Wonderful Life | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

Thomas Professor of Government Martin L. Kilson reserved judgment on the faculty committee, but said that FAS's composition will not change until President Bok takes the initiative on the issue. "There isn't enough central leadership given to these issues," Kilson said. "What you have at places like Duke and Stanford is quite the opposite--the center holds in these matters...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Student Activism Targets Minority Hiring | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

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