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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Princeton University, and every fall her name is rumored to be on the short list for the Nobel Prize. But there is something of the sideshow about her renown among the general reading public; she is widely recognized as the woman who turns out all those books, less often as the author of a single, unforgettable narrative. Thanks to her own energy, nothing she has written has ever been long-awaited...
...taken for granted, like some of its predecessors, as just another entry in a burgeoning bibliography. That reaction would be a sad mistake. Oates is here working at the very top of her form, her idiosyncratic virtues eerily in phase with the temperamental excesses for which she has so often been rebuked. Those who want to know what makes her important -- as opposed to merely famous -- could find no better place to begin than right here...
Despite all the hand wringing, base closings often do less harm than good to a community. A Pentagon study found that among 100 base closings between 1961 and 1986, civilians lost 93,424 jobs but gained 138,138 new ones when the installations were turned to other uses. Communities across the country have found imaginative ways to transform the old bases. Forty-two former Pentagon airfields have become local airports. When the government closed Kincheloe Air Force Base near Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., eleven years ago, 700 civilian jobs vanished and the surrounding community in the Upper Peninsula lost...
...decade too often marked by selfishness and greed, a growing legion of & "Samaritans" is devoting time, energy and imagination to aiding others. -- Tight airline security measures go into effect as the hunt for the bombers of Pan Am Flight 103 begins...
...real estate firm called Recruit Cosmos, had sold unlisted stock in the subsidiary at bargain prices in 1984-86 to politicians, journalists and business leaders. The well-placed purchasers reaped millions of dollars in profits when Recruit Cosmos went public and its shares tripled in value. While Japanese firms often sell inexpensive stock to influential buyers, the scope of the Recruit Cosmos handouts was unprecedented. Hiromasa Ezoe, chairman of the Recruit group, sold more than 885,000 unlisted Recruit Cosmos shares...