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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Upriver is Rouen, capital of Upper Normandy, where Flaubert was reared, Joan of Arc burned and Monet inspired. The great Gothic cathedral of Notre Dame miraculously survived the wartime bombings, but all the city's old bridges and many buildings were destroyed. Farther south and east the Normandie slips beneath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Cruisin' Up the River | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

Why the glee over this ordinary transaction? Because Quayle hardly qualifies as an ordinary Vice President. Since becoming George Bush's running mate, Quayle has had to whittle away at a monstrous burden: being tagged as Bush's first big mistake. That he avoided gaffes last week represented progress. That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dan Quayle's Salvage Strategy | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

The plan, which will cost some $157 billion over the next ten years, will allow the Government to close down or sell off more than 500 insolvent savings institutions. To reform the rest of the thrift industry, the bill tightens capital requirements so that S & L owners would have more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Touch My Bailout | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

One persistent criticism of the Bush plan is that it fails to provide as much money for the bailout as will eventually be needed. By some estimates, the cost of cleaning up the industry could exceed $300 billion over 30 years, with taxpayers picking up two-thirds of the bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Touch My Bailout | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

The nation's middle and junior high schools -- encompassing Grades 6 through 9 -- play a potentially crucial role in shaping the future of young adolescents. Yet these institutions have largely been left out of a flurry of educational reforms that have focused on U.S. elementary and secondary schools over the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Help For At-Risk Kids | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

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