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When Shultz flew home to Washington last week to report to the President, the first item on his agenda had little to do with his travels. The Secretary firmly told the President in private that he opposed a national security directive, signed by Reagan on Nov. 1, authorizing lie-detector tests for thousands of Government employees and private contractors who handle sensitive information. Questioned by reporters, Shultz said that he considers polygraph testing ineffective, that it often implicates innocent people and that trained spies can easily avoid detection. Asked whether he would ever take such a test, the Secretary replied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West Chips Off the Bloc | 12/30/1985 | See Source »

...Hollywood these days, writing the screenplays for three Spielberg films is probably the next best thing to being Spielberg himself. That makes 27-year-old Chris Columbus the hottest item since edible underwear in moviedom's town of renown...

Author: By Thomas M. Doyle, | Title: Chris Columbus | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

Some call the Senator's energetic support of the Gramm-Rudman budget-balancing bill and the line-item veto indications of Kennedy's political savvy and willingness to compromise. And maybe they're right. After all, the Senator did spend the summer months arguing against a conservative-backed pharmaceutical control bill which he said did little to prevent dangerous drugs from being "dumped" into Third World countries...

Author: By Michael D. Nolan, | Title: Giving Up the Ship | 12/7/1985 | See Source »

...sales of the item at The Harvard Shop haven't been terrific, according to cashier Martha A. Fallon. "Some people miss the color...

Author: By Amy N. Ripich, | Title: Harvard Schlock | 12/6/1985 | See Source »

Even if you've already bought Harvard sweatshirts, window decals, coffee mugs, and Radcliffe underwear galore, there's one item you might have overlooked...

Author: By Amy N. Ripich, | Title: Harvard Schlock | 12/6/1985 | See Source »

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