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...writers, all graduates from the College during the mid-1980s, have included ever-increasing references to Harvard--whether obvious or obscure--during the last three seasons...

Author: By William E. Rehling, | Title: Homer-palooza...from a Harvard perspective | 5/20/1996 | See Source »

...supply side has traveled in the opposite direction. Since 1981, the number of U.S. refineries has dropped steadily, although capacity has held at around 15 million bbl. a day since the mid-1980s. That seems like plenty, but refineries, like most industries, operate on a "just-in-time" inventory system, meaning they buy supplies of crude oil just before they need them, keeping barely adequate inventories of refined products on hand. The industry currently has 203.5 million bbl. of gasoline in storage, compared with 210.7 million bbl. at this time last year. Inventories of crude oil are even more depleted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FUMING OVER GAS PRICES | 5/13/1996 | See Source »

...gunk-loving freshman class of Republican Congressmen has yet another star falling from the sky, following the trajectory of Texas' pro-assault weapon Steve Stockman and Utah's Enid (Where's Joe?) Greene Waldholtz. Oregon Congressman Wes Cooley won't say whether he married his second wife in the mid-1980s, as his voter-registration card and friends say he did. Or in 1994, when his wife notified the Veterans Affairs Department that they could stop sending her $900 a month in benefits as the widow of a Marine captain. His press spokesman says Cooley, a member of the Veterans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WASHINGTON DIARY: FRIENDS, 12-STEPPERS, FRESHMEN | 5/13/1996 | See Source »

What do I fear about Peres?" concerned about answering at all, Yitzhak Rabin mulled the question carefully. This was in the mid-1980s, and Rabin was hardly a disinterested observer. He and Shimon Peres had been bitter Labor Party rivals throughout their careers. Both men were still angling to lead Israel, and Rabin was reluctant to offend needlessly. "O.K.," he finally said, "but this is for later. You'll talk to me first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YITZAK RABIN ON SHIMON PERES | 4/29/1996 | See Source »

Adiele described her own experiences as a student activist at Harvard in the mid-1980s and the problems faced by the organizations of which she was a member...

Author: By Ariel R. Frank, | Title: Activist Groups May UNITE | 4/17/1996 | See Source »

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