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Dates: during 1980-1989
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No single incident did more to raise that consciousness than the Exxon Valdez disaster, which last March disgorged nearly 262,000 bbl. of crude oil into the pristine waters of Alaska's Prince William Sound. The images of dead birds and sea otters and miles of tar-smeared beaches graphically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Endangered Earth Update the Fight to Save the Planet | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

In these and other areas, America must play a leading role. Not only is the U.S., as a wealthy, technologically advanced nation, in a position to help others achieve sustainable development; the country also has a moral responsibility to do so. After all, the U.S. consumes a disproportionate amount of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Endangered Earth Update the Fight to Save the Planet | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

Some playwrights, like Shel Silverstein in The Devil and Billy Markham, presume that Mr. Scratch has nothing to teach mankind: the sensible response is to spot the fiend's tricks and escape perdition. Other dramatists, like David Mamet in Bobby Gould in Hell, recall that Beelzebub is a fallen angel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Having A Hell of a Time | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

Mamet's wit at first appears equally prankish -- the stage is ablaze with hellfire and brimstone, aroar with howls and explosions, and the devil's chief clerk (Steve Goldstein) doggedly keeps trying to tell a "two Jews in a bar" joke -- but he has more serious matters in mind. His...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Having A Hell of a Time | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

In one sense this is good. (And of course it's very good if you don't yet own a house.) In the U.S., we need to invest relatively less on expanding our living space and more on retooling our factories. We need fewer real estate agents and more teachers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money Angles: When a House Is Just a Home | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

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