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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...game, however, is as complex as a grand-master chess tournament, and by the end of the trip Shultz had made his boldest move yet: offering the players the first U.S.-sponsored peace plan since 1982. He presented a proposal that calls for final talks, to begin by year's end, on a permanent solution to the Palestinian question. While many predicted Shultz's scheme would quickly be checkmated, the Secretary said, "There is a readiness to work to change things that should be taken advantage of by everybody. The moment can be lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East Let the Chess Game Begin | 3/14/1988 | See Source »

...Frantic isn't so bad either. As a matter of fact, it more nearly matches that critical cliche than most of the other movies on which the term is carelessly slapped. One can easily imagine Old Master Slyboots going for Roman Polanski's basic premise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Man Who Knew Too Little FRANTIC | 3/14/1988 | See Source »

During its long history, the opera has become more than just another house show. "The opera acts as a kind of reunion for alums. Especially this year because the producers were very active in inviting alums," says Lowell House Master William H. Bossert...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: A Very Merry Birthday | 3/11/1988 | See Source »

...1950s, Dudley finally gained a house master, and a decade later, it was given full house status and a physical plant based in Lehman Hall. The 1960s also witnessed another shift in house demographics--at this time, waves of boarding school graduates decided to leave structured living environments and live off campus...

Author: By Spencer S. Hsu, | Title: The House That Wasn't: Struggles at Dudley | 3/10/1988 | See Source »

...meeting of the minds on where it's going at all," the Loebs say. "The next master will have exactly the same problem...

Author: By Spencer S. Hsu, | Title: The House That Wasn't: Struggles at Dudley | 3/10/1988 | See Source »

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