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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...around Harvard Square knows, the plight of homeless people is a continuing problem. It has grown to such an extent that it merited a full set of questions to the presidential candidates in their televised debate Sunday night. Regardless of whose sound bites were better or whose memorized one-liner was catchier, Dukakis clearly showed that he was taking the homeless issue seriously. Such concern would be a welcome change after what Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.) once called "a seven-year assault on federal housing policies by the Reagan Administration"--policies which are in large measure responsible...

Author: By John J. Murphy, | Title: Bush: Gimme Shelters | 9/27/1988 | See Source »

...meeting last week, two conservative ministers, including Sharon, spoke in favor of annexation, while Labor ministers warned that an expanded Israel would dangerously tilt the balance of the population in favor of the Arabs. No action is expected before the November election of a Prime Minister, which pits hard-liner Shamir against the more moderate Foreign Minister Shimon Peres. Peres, who accepts the concept of a Jordanian- Palestinian delegation at an international peace conference, insisted last week that Hussein's move was "more of a warning than a practical step." One practical consequence, however, may be that Peres could suffer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East Goodbye to All That | 8/15/1988 | See Source »

None of these military leaders, Soviet or American, is in any sense a Bonapartist, too big for the britches of his uniform. Nor is any of them an opponent of arms control. When Carlucci replaced the ultra-hard-liner Caspar Weinberger last November, he ushered in a welcome collegiality between the Defense and State departments. On Capitol Hill, he is now probably the single most respected official of the Executive Branch; unlike Weinberger, he seems willing to make prudent compromises with budget-minded Senators as well as with the Soviets. Crowe too has impressed the State Department, even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Summit's Good Soldiers | 6/13/1988 | See Source »

Trailing 4-3, speedy Ellis Burks led off the Boston eighth with a triple. One out later, Mike Greenwell hit a soft liner to left field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yankees Bop Can, Sox, 4-3 | 6/8/1988 | See Source »

...development, and sometimes the next line, is about as difficult as passing Moral Reasoning 30. Sometimes it's unavoidable; the next event just pops into your head, and all the dissembling by the actors cannot obscure the set-up for the Jimmy Zoole's (Daniel O'Keefe) next one-liner or prank...

Author: By Sean C. Griffin, | Title: Heavy Petting | 4/15/1988 | See Source »

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