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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...briefcase, and his habit of loudly cracking his knuckles. On top of that there are the Old Testament beard and the preacher's voice that make him seem like Moses come down again from Mount Sinai to deliver commandments 11 through 20. Smoking? It's an addiction that will kill you. Sex? Only in marriage. AIDS? The best preventive device is a monogamous relationship; the second best, a condom. Deformed newborns? Save them. Sex education? In the earliest grade possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Doctor Prescribes Hard Truth: C. EVERETT KOOP | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

Americans are no less fascinated by the allure of aphrodisiacs. Some claim to use Spanish fly, a powder made from the blister beetle, but it is poisonous and can kill you. The ginseng root, long a staple among Asians, is popular in the U.S. But nobody has yet bottled the genuine article, and until that happens, one simple rule will continue to apply: a tiger's penis or powdered peacock bones are aphrodisiacs only if you think they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Aphrodite Was No Lady | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

...admirers reacted with shock this week to a coroner's report which determined that the 52 year-old activist committed suicide last week. "Abbie was just too full of life to commit suicide. It just wasn't his style," one friend said Wednesday. "If Abbie were going to kill himself, he would have called a press conference first...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reporter's Notebook | 4/22/1989 | See Source »

...Andrew H. Geiger said experiments using control groups were accurate but cost too much in human lives. "You can get really effective data really quickly, but you'll kill a bunch of people," said Geiger, who called himself the "token gay, white middle-class male" on the panel...

Author: By Kelly A. E. mason, | Title: Patients Discuss AIDS | 4/21/1989 | See Source »

...kill a losing streak is to have three of your starting pitchers throw on the same...

Author: By Tai Wong, | Title: Batsmen Batter Brandeis | 4/20/1989 | See Source »

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