Word: lasts
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...other major objection is a moral one. Social conservatives object to policies they see as sanctifying homosexuality and further threatening the traditional family. John R. Quinn, the Archbishop of San Francisco, was in the forefront of the fight against the proposal on that city's ballot last week to provide certain domestic-partnershi p rights to municipal workers. He called the idea a "serious blow to our society's historic commitment to supporting marriage and family life...
...report to the U.S. National Science Foundation last year listed dozens of near-term uses for the new micromachines. Among them...
...these breakthrough products look hopelessly oversize. Last month Compaq unveiled a 2.2-kg (6-lb.) full-powered portable computer that fits in a briefcase. Sharp and Poqet make even smaller models that slip into a suit pocket. Today there are fax machines, radar detectors, electronic dictionaries, cellular telephones, color televisions, even videotape recorders that fit comfortably in the palm of a hand...
...Last week, just a day before the anniversary of his lopsided defeat by George Bush, Dukakis' woes turned more personal. His wife, a recovering alcoholic, was rushed semiconscious to a Boston hospital, where her stomach was pumped. Kitty Dukakis had in a desperate and irrational act downed some rubbing alcohol. These days liquor is forbidden in the Dukakis home. At first Kitty tried to conceal the real story, but two days later, the family doctor released a guarded statement declaring she was suffering from exhaustion and depression. Kitty, the statement explained, had lately been taking antidepressants, a perilous mix with...
...Governor's political pain has been no less acute. After years of phenomenal double-digit growth, the Massachusetts economy had at last slowed down. In June, Dukakis was forced to raise temporarily state income taxes by 15% to meet $700 million in last year's unpaid bills. Last week, scarcely four months into the current budget, the deficit had already soared to $730 million, far more than anyone imagined possible. As revenues sagged with no matching reductions in the state's ambitious outlays, deficits rose and credit , ratings withered. The financial ranking of once proud Massachusetts dropped to 49th among...