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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There are other, less popular, but more exotic packages available, such as helping Uncle Sam check the spread of the Communist menace in Honduras--all expenses paid. But the vast array of choices with so little time to decide might make you want to simply crawl into your closet and sleep for a week...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Doctoroff, | Title: A Harvard Guide to Hedonism | 3/23/1988 | See Source »

...both Cambridge and Harvard are on the watch for slip-ups, Guth says. "I just paid off $120 to the City of Cambridge for mostly meter violations," he says. "They always snag you somehow...

Author: By Salil Kumar, | Title: Parking Any Time? | 3/23/1988 | See Source »

...church has also bought food and paid the apartments' telephone bills with offerings taken for the former Tent City residents. Other helpers included Project Bread, which gave the tenants a grant for their initial expenses, and the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, which provided them with furniture...

Author: By Lisa J. Goodall, | Title: Veterans of Tent City Seek Home for Spring | 3/22/1988 | See Source »

...Vice President talks about returning moral values to the classroom, but only recently has he advocated specific, contentious proposals like restoring prayer in school. "I wouldn't be surprised if Bush treated social issues exactly as Reagan learned to do," says a Bush aide. "Reagan paid them plenty of lip service but didn't do too much to actually promote them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George Bush: The Man Who Would Be President | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

While Soviet citizens have always paid a tax on their wages, the new levy will apply to income earned by members of some 9,000 legalized cooperatives that run independent businesses, from bakeries and restaurants to auto-repair shops. Gorbachev charged that some cooperatives are "engaged in open moneygrubbing" but did not indicate the tax rates for the enterprises, which currently pay a flat 3%. Will tax shelters be next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: A Capitalist Solution | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

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