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Martha P. Leape, OCS Director, said the increase was caused by students who opt not to pursue graduate degrees if their careers do not require further training...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: Fewer Students Plan Grad Study | 11/17/1987 | See Source »

...messengers. Inspired by the fact that more deliveries mean more money, many messengers whiz around the city in pseudokamikaze style, heeding neither red lights nor one-way signs, zagging on and off sidewalks, leaving behind a wake of screeching tires and cursing pedestrians. Many messengers even opt for bikes without brakes, to save on a few pounds of heavy metal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scaring The Public to Death | 10/5/1987 | See Source »

...virus. "The President's statement was something I could agree with," said Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, who opposes mandatory testing because it might scare away those in high-risk groups who need both screening and counseling. Under the President's plan, Koop stressed, "individuals have a right to opt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: At Last, the Battle Is Joined | 6/15/1987 | See Source »

...members of the VCR generation, these video chronicles make an alluring supplement to the traditional hardbound yearbook. Some schools take a do-it- yourself approach; all that is needed is some video equipment and a few students willing to put in the time and effort. Others opt for outside video firms like Copy Cat Video, a St. Louis-based company that Wilson runs with her partner Claudia Walters. Typically, such video entrepreneurs contract with students at the school to tape certain big events during the year, as well as scenes of everyday school life and, in some cases, individual student...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Lights! Camera! Graduation! | 6/15/1987 | See Source »

Geneva, 1988: Reagan and Gorbechev opt to meet out on the beach on surfboards rather than in the traditional stuffy building that they deem possibly harmful to their karma...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: THC: To Harmony & Celebration | 4/30/1987 | See Source »

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