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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Byrne's death drew the sympathy of the nation. Moreover, it revealed to us, starkly and irrevocably, that all the rhetoric about the necessity of a war on drugs--particularly on crack--is all too true...

Author: By Joseph C. Tedeschi, | Title: A Time for Action | 2/28/1989 | See Source »

After the tournament, the Crimson will spend spring break in California, where it will continue to play the top teams in the nation...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Netwomen Tip Virginia; Fall to Wm. and Mary | 2/28/1989 | See Source »

Last year, points out Brown, the U.S. became a "food deficit" nation, producing 196 million tons of grain and consuming 206 million. The 100 or so nations that purchase food from us are being supplied out of our dwindling reserves, now down to one-third of our stocks of just two years ago. The world's carry-over supplies have been reduced from 101 days of food consumption to 54 days, which is just about enough to keep the global food pipeline filled. "If the drought goes on," says Brown, "we could see a frantic scramble for supplies that would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Real Deficit Is Water | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

...state argue over just how the rat peril should be met, the state has hired William B. Jackson, the ultimate rat terminator, to deal with the problem. A former biology professor, Jackson, 62, now runs his own consulting business in Osseo, Mich., and is one of the nation's foremost experts on rodent control. Working for the United Nations, he has battled rats around the world, from Indonesia to Brazil. Billed by the Boston media as the "rat czar" and the "Pied Piper," Jackson is devising a strategy to save Boston by killing off the rats in the 7.5-mile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Rats Are Coming | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

...NATION: A torrent of refugees from Central America pours across the Rio Grande, creating an immigration crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

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