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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...philosophical and political vacuum somewhere between Reagan's saber rattling and Walter Mondale's giveaway plans. In 1980 my views found expression in John Anderson. This year I may not vote at all. One of the last wry comments my 80-year-old mother made as she lay on her deathbed last spring was, "At least I won't have to decide who to vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 6, 1984 | 8/6/1984 | See Source »

Roanoke Sound lay beyond the stage; water lapped at the set. Lightning bugs not yet mature enough to illuminate danced on a northeast breeze. The smell of Cutter's lay heavy upon the air. Now and again someone would thwack a thigh and a mosquito would perish. Periodically, Layton would clap his hands three times sharply and stop the work: "People, make it your own-even though I am giving you all this picky stuff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In North Carolina: The Play Plays On and On | 8/6/1984 | See Source »

Eileen Deutsch, 15, of Queens, N.Y., lay fatally injured; she died in the emergency room. Miraculously, the death toll by Saturday evening was only one. More than 50 other people had been injured, five critically, including a two-year-old baby. Said Fire Inspector Ed Reed: "If someone had not told me what had actually happened, with the debris and number of victims, I would have assumed that a bomb had gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He Just Mowed Them Down: driver causes chaos and death in L.A. | 8/6/1984 | See Source »

...People were sprawled all over," recalled Susan Mahaffey, 17. "There wasn't much blood, but most of the people were lying very still. Some were unconscious. A couple looked dead." Dozens of shoes, lost in the panicked scramble, were strewn along the block. A baby carriage lay overturned and empty. Blood began to seep along the concrete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He Just Mowed Them Down: driver causes chaos and death in L.A. | 8/6/1984 | See Source »

Representing the idea of diversity may not prove very productive for Mondale. He suffered all through the primaries from the charge that he was the captive of assorted special-interest groups. Besides, when an Administration makes a point of rewarding diversity, it usually winds up being forced to lay out an enormous amount of money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: All Right, What Kind of People Are We? | 7/30/1984 | See Source »

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