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Perched on a stool at the front of the room, Rochester teacher Michael Pugliese, 30, looks down on a clamorous gaggle of third-graders sitting cross- legged on the floor. After quieting them, he begins reading Joey, a book about a Puerto Rican boy whose family moves to New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Who's Teaching Our Children? | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

Nowhere is the misery of Angola's civil war more palpable than in the provincial capital of Huambo. Lavender-blossomed jacaranda trees line the streets, but many buildings are pockmarked by shellfire and bullets. At a health center, one-legged children push themselves on wooden trolleys while waiting for fresh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Angola Where Blossoms And Bullets Grow | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

The flamboyant Flo-Jo, as fans call her, is the only athlete whose fingernail colors are as striking as her times. Famous for her sexy, one- legged tights, she appeared at her heats and semifinals wearing a racy, hooded bodysuit. The aerodynamics may have helped: on her first sprint she...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magic On the Track | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

Rooting for the Indians is a little like going to the horse races and betting on a three-legged pony.

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Indian Pow-Wow | 3/25/1988 | See Source »

Four-legged patients are treated for conditions that just a few years ago would have meant putting them to death. The Coast Pet Clinic of Hermosa Beach, Calif., ministers each month to 50 new cases of cancer, primarily in cats and dogs, with a combination of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: When Guinea Pigs Become Patients | 1/11/1988 | See Source »

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