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...think there is a genuine political concern--an anxiety and maybe phobia--among followers of NAS. They consider the quest for curriculum presence by Blacks, Asian-Americans, Latinos, women, gays etc. politically too radical or too leftwing, unlike the centrist and establishmentarian political thrusts that were behind earlier curriculum expansion like policy studies, regional studies...

Author: By Martin L. Kilson jr., | Title: Keep the National Association of Scholars Away From Harvard | 12/11/1990 | See Source »

...shipping out from Fort Hood, Texas. A lawyer in nearby Killeen executed wills and powers of attorney free of charge. A pawnshop announced it was willing to hold items for a year without charge to soldiers going to the gulf. In Memphis a radio station sponsored an "Iraq-no- phobia" gasoline sale in which a service station, its attendants dressed like Arabs, offered gas for 50 cents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: A New Test of Resolve | 9/3/1990 | See Source »

...addition, I have also witnessed the complicated conditions of "I-can't-close-the-door-phobia" and "Music-never-loud-enough-itis" and have suffered from their physical manifestations...

Author: By Lamonte G. Lucas, | Title: Manners, Anyone? | 2/10/1990 | See Source »

...Securitate's more unusual duties was to provide down-to-the-skin security for Ceausescu. According to Pacepa, after hearing Cuba's Fidel Castro claim that the CIA had once tried to poison him by treating his shoes with a toxic substance, Ceausescu developed a phobia about becoming the victim of such a scheme and began wearing brand-new garments every day. At one time, says Pacepa, the Securitate kept a year's worth of suits, socks and shoes stored in a special warehouse; one of each, presumably after careful inspection, was delivered daily to Ceausescu's private quarters. Once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vicious Keepers of the Faith | 1/8/1990 | See Source »

...height of the apple panic that the Chilean fruit phobia began. The first phone call to the U.S. embassy in Santiago was followed by a more serious one on March 9. The caller said he had read in a Santiago paper that his threat was being treated as a hoax. Be warned, he said, it was no hoax. Fifty FDA inspectors were dispatched to the Almeria Star as it docked in Philadelphia. They set up tables along the pier and began examining 1,200 cases of grapes for softness, discoloration and the telltale welds caused by punctures. By Sunday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do You Dare To Eat A Peach? | 3/27/1989 | See Source »

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