Word: letters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many a Monday morning, when the first copies of TIME go on sale, I have paged through the magazine and felt the twinge of a missed opportunity. My letter to you in this space had mentioned a cover story, some other single article or member of our staff, but neglected half a dozen other pieces that were similarly distinctive. So I made myself a promise: This week I will write about stories that I am particularly proud of in this issue, until I run out of space...
...explore the wrack of the Titanic, after a routine search turned up traces of pot in the shaving kit of a crew member along with two marijuana pipes. The ship was returned, but only when its owner, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, agreed to send Customs officials a letter supporting the antidrug campaign and promising to tighten security. Zero tolerance strikes again...
Sometime last spring, when, among other things, the Harvard men's track team was enjoying one of its finer seasons in recent memory, along came a letter from the mother of one of that squad's standout athletes...
...couple of weeks later, I got a postcard from you-know-who thanking me profusely for taking the time to respond to her letter. She wrote that now that her older children had grown up and moved away, there was a spare room in the house. "Anytime you happen to be in Colorado and need a place to stay...
...without the national network that many had come to create. Power struggles divided the conference, and many of the minority students at the conference said not enough effort was made to ensure a fair representation of minorities, says Ritter. The minority students withdrew from the forum, stating in a letter that they did not want to be part of the organization under such unfair conditions...