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Word: musts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...short, what the amendment proposes is a loony parody of cultural democracy in which everyone becomes his or her own Cato the Censor. Clearly, Jesse Helms has no doubt that the NEA must be punished if it strays from what he fancies to be the center line of American ethical belief. The truth is, of course, that no such line exists -- not in a society as vast, various and eclectic as the real America. Helms' amendment might have played in Papua, where a Government spokesman defended the banning of Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ on the grounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: A Loony Parody of Cultural Democracy | 8/14/1989 | See Source »

...book, Unnatural Death (Random House; $17.95), he and co- author Judith Adler Hennessee present a fascinating and disturbing picture of a shamefully inadequate U.S. coroner system. About 7% of the 2 million Americans who die annually meet an untimely end, by murder, suicide or accident. By law, such deaths must be investigated. Though the public may believe that every coroner is a skilled sleuth like television's Quincy, fewer than 400 forensic pathologists -- medical doctors with advanced training in anatomy, laboratory testing and legal-medical investigation -- are on public payrolls; twelve states do not employ any medical examiners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Coroners Who Miss All the Clues | 8/14/1989 | See Source »

...evidence is equivocal. Or the M.E. may be pushed to attribute the death of a person in police custody to the victim's use of cocaine rather than a choke hold applied by officers. M.E.s may deny being subjected to such nudging, but they agree that their independence must be guarded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Coroners Who Miss All the Clues | 8/14/1989 | See Source »

Williams closed his speech by telling these leaders of educational administration what their role in educational reform must...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: A Blot on U.S. Education | 8/11/1989 | See Source »

...Congress reconvenes on September 6, and the Senate must review any acting appointments before they become permanent. Given the intensity of the investigations into Tower and Lucas, Bush and his future appointees will probably end up agreeing with Rogers' assessment...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: The Safest Way to Go? | 8/11/1989 | See Source »

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