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...This statute is a mess, and it's obvious it's a mess from everything we've seen and heard this morning," said Rep. Chuck Douglas (R-N.H.), the only Republican to vote against the bill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Panel Passes Flag Protection Bill | 7/28/1989 | See Source »

...annual convention. Kemp admitted candidly that the G.O.P. was "nowhere to be found" in the great civil rights struggles of the 1960s and vowed that his party will change. He called on South Africa to "let our people go." But such pleasantries inevitably faded as he addressed the mess at HUD, earnestly vowing that he would "work for the people in need, not those motivated by greed" and would not allow HUD's troubles to become "an excuse to close down programs for poor folks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jack Be Nimble, Jack Be Quick | 7/24/1989 | See Source »

...happy news that they are free once again to exercise their democratic prerogatives on the subject of abortion with a reserve bordering on clinical depression. "It's terrible to have this issue back again," New York Assembly Speaker Mel Miller told the New York Times. Others gloomily predict "a mess" and "havoc...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The New Politics of Abortion | 7/17/1989 | See Source »

...simple, and Glennhated it. You could tell that by the way herefused to walk on the carpet in his bare feetbecause he was afraid of catching a disease. ButGlenn never let his revulsion of the way we livedaffect the way he dealt with those of us whocaused the mess. Instead, he just got even byplaying his Broadway show tapes after we had allgone to sleep...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Learning to Deal With a Planned Marriage | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

...less hospitable locales. And when a huge net full of an incoming catch drops the body of Zina Patiashvili onto the deck of the Polar Star, the whole enterprise becomes icier still. Patiashvili had been a popular member of the Polar Star work force, dishing up food in the mess and making herself available to a goodly number of male comrades on board and, so rumor has it, to more than a few visiting American fishermen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Murder At Sea | 7/3/1989 | See Source »

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