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Some industry observers are dubious about the prospects of a happy marriage between IBM, a huge company that is famed for its buttoned-down, highly regimented managerial style, and Rolm, a 15-year-old firm nurtured in the free-spirited environs of California's Silicon Valley. Said Ulric Weil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Blue Aims to Get Bigger | 10/8/1984 | See Source »

Dworkin and MacKinnon couch their discussion in terms of establishing equality between the sexes, but their real complaint is that women don't receive equal respect. Pornography is a double insult; it denigrates women and has fun doing it. But turning to the law to endorse a stiff-necked Victorian...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Missing the Point | 5/21/1984 | See Source »

Hart began the week by stepping out of character. Flying into Houston on Sunday, the candidate, usually reserved and aloof, stretched out on the ground near a runway and chewed on a blade of grass. Hours later he led his entourage to Gilley's, the watering hole made famous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Closing In on the Prize | 5/14/1984 | See Source »

Despite awkward moments here and there, the trip worked. Even the stern People's Daily ran extraordinarily puffy coverage of Reagan day after day, and the 30-minute Chinese TV news devoted up to ten minutes a night to the capitalist leader. "We have a self-satisfied glow," said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: History Beckons Again | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

On the subway last summer a Trendy, presumably inspired by the Flashdance heroine, had yanked her narrow-necked jersey so far down off the shoulder that she was left with only one useful arm. This self-imposed handicap--which prevented her from grabbing the handrail while boarding--was not only...

Author: By Margaret Y. Han, | Title: Outside In | 3/17/1984 | See Source »

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