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Through this emissary Lukanov made a disarmingly straightforward case: an article identifying him as up and coming, not to mention reform minded, would be a kiss of death. Jealous, older, more orthodox comrades would accuse him of "trying to start a mini-cult of personality in the bourgeois capitalist press." Lukanov reminded me that he had granted the interview "in good faith," believing I was writing about Bulgaria, not about him personally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad: The Case of the Shy Bulgarian | 2/26/1990 | See Source »

RoboPuck is the culmination of a one-month mini-course at MIT, which is held between terms. The class's goal is "to provide an alternative approach to learning advanced technological ideas," according to course co coordinator Fred Martin...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: It's Paradise, Melrose-Style | 2/8/1990 | See Source »

...would Bush play such an opportunity? A G.O.P. dream scenario runs like this: Bush (obviously) avoids choosing a trustee of Planned Parenthood, but he does select a new Justice whose position is ambiguous enough to generate a mini-outcry from the pro-lifers. Then the former wimp sticks by his man (or woman), stands up to the antiabortion lobby and creates a political triumph that dwarfs even Panama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Building a Big Tent Around Abortion | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

...fact, there was more public fuss over an entirely separate issue: NBC's broadcast two weeks ago of Drug Wars: The Camarena Story, a docudrama about the 1985 murder of American drug-enforcement agent Enrique ("Kiki") Camarena. The mini-series, based on the book Desperados by TIME Washington correspondent Elaine Shannon, suggested that the killing was sanctioned at the highest levels of the Mexican government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Postinvasion Blues | 1/29/1990 | See Source »

...well-bred sow reportedly sold for $34,000). About one-tenth the size of the average Hampshire pig, mature potbellies weigh from 70 lbs. to 150 lbs. and stand coffee-table tall. Bright and affectionate, the primarily dark gray or black porkers will happily feed on Purina Lab Mini- Pig Chow Grower, or on almost anything that falls off the dinner table. On the downside, they can outroot gophers in ruining a manicured lawn, and they love to knock telephone receivers off their cradles and poke the touch-tone dials with their sensitive snouts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: This Little Piggy Ate Roast Beef | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

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