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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hefty fees at graduate schools also prevent many teachers from going back to school. Even people who win the Conant fellowships must pay about $4000 towards their tuition and the fellowship is good ony for one year, the traditional length of a master's degree program. However, students who want to earn a doctorate must generally study for two years and then write a thesis...

Author: By Emily Mieras, | Title: Conant Fellows: Teachers Who Learn | 2/25/1988 | See Source »

Indeed, his critics dub him a master of the flip-flop, accusing him of committing the deadliest sin of American politics. As a House member he supported an array of measures that he now repudiates: the 1981 Reagan tax cut, the MX missile, an antiabortion amendment and a freeze in Social Security benefits. But Gephardt is unruffled by the charges of hypocrisy: "All great political leaders have changed their minds in response to changing circumstances. It's silly to be rigid on things when circumstances change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pilloried For Pandering | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

Interrupting his work on a master's degree at the University of North Dakota, Danny Knopfle, 24, took a job one mile from the Kremlin hauling garbage. Sara Fenander, 24, became a Moscow nanny after earning a master's degree at Stanford University. They and dozens of other young Americans whose studies focused on the Soviet Union have accepted maintenance jobs in Moscow at the U.S. embassy and its diplomatic residences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: For This You Need a Ph.D.? | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

...host is a actor, singer and composer who specializes in salsa, an Afro-Caribbean folk style of performance. Blades received a Master's degree from Harvard Law School in 1985, and the same year won a Grammy award for Best Album. He has also starred in several American films, including Crossover Dreams, Fatal Beauty, and most recently. The Milagro Beanfield War, which is scheduled for release this year...

Author: By A. LOUISE Oliver, | Title: Ruben Blades Will Host Show | 2/20/1988 | See Source »

...extraordinary new show in Manhattan demonstrates the versatility of the 18th century rococo master Jean- Honore Fragonard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page February 15 | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

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