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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some researchers suggest that the ambitious young psychologist might have succumbed to the pressures facing anyone who depends on scarce Government funds. "Publish or perish, commitment to a larger ideal and simple career advancement -- take your pick, one or all," notes one prominent scientist. "It's troubling," says Western Michigan University Psychology Professor Alan Poling, who co-authored some of Breuning's papers. "As scientists we work largely on faith. To have trusted a person who seems guilty of substantial wrongdoing is disheartening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: It Was Too Good to Be True | 6/1/1987 | See Source »

...emotional content that comes through on TV," says Ebert. "People can pick up a lot about the film through the exchange of feelings between two critics." Siskel too defends their TV criticism against charges that it is oversimplified and superficial: "It is the distillation between the two of us of 39 years of writing about movies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: It Stinks! You're Crazy! | 5/25/1987 | See Source »

...Then again, you could go to the French and pick up a couple of their old Mirages. You'd save major bucks. Or you could go to Israel or South Africa and pick up a Kfir or a Cheetah, which are basically knock-offs of the same thing...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: A Shot in the Stark | 5/22/1987 | See Source »

...True," he said. "But everyone's at war anyway. Iran, Iraq, North Yemen, South Yemen, Lebanon, Syria--no one will know the difference. Pick a target, any target--look, there's a ship down there. Ready...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: A Shot in the Stark | 5/22/1987 | See Source »

...finished liberal arts education is of any value or use whatsoever. Summer jobs only come in two flavors: menial and boring. Behind door I is construction, road work, and painting. Behind door 2 is shuffling papers, adding long columns of numbers, and sleeping behind the Xerox machine. Take your pick...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: Summertime Blues | 5/15/1987 | See Source »

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