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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Welcome as the Brady plan is, it may end up being foiled for the most ironic of reasons: the U.S.'s mismanagement of its own economy. Under the arch- Republican Ronald Reagan, the U.S. spent so much more than it collected in revenues that it became the world's No...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad: Debt and Forgiveness | 7/31/1989 | See Source »

While fond of his cat, British biologist Peter Churcher looked askance at its practice of dragging small mammals and birds into his Bedfordshire house and devouring them under the kitchen table "to the sound of crunching bones." One of Churcher's associates, John Lawton, a professor of community ecology at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Attack of The Killer Cats | 7/31/1989 | See Source »

Will cat fanciers find these conclusions unsettling? Evidently not. When the authors' work was published earlier in a scientific journal, including the fact that a few Bedfordshire cats had each contributed as many as 100 items of prey to the study, they received letters from other cat owners boasting of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Attack of The Killer Cats | 7/31/1989 | See Source »

Nonetheless, this summer has set a few records of its own. Wednesday's high of 96 degrees was the highest ever recorded on that date. And an extremely unscientific set of readings taken at several locations around campus by The Crimson revealed that while Summer 1989 may not measure up...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Summer at Harvard, and the Heat is On | 7/28/1989 | See Source »

Experts have estimated that Oregon will take in gross revenues each year of approximately $50 million from its wagering system. With a professional team and a larger population, some predict that Massachusetts would triple Oregon's gross revenues. After funding the administration of the lottery, the state would retain about...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Tackling the State's Fiscal Woes | 7/28/1989 | See Source »

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