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...among the poorest of the poor in this country after 100 years of so-called emancipation," Hatcher says. "Through the Black Common Market, you can seriously address that problem. I'm talking about giving people a means of sustaining and mainataining themselves. It's as American as apple pie...

Author: By Eric S. Solowey, | Title: Mayor and Jackson Adviser | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

Just 1 in 10 of those stations remains today. During the past five years alone, however, as preservation of historic buildings has attained mom-and- apple-pie popularity, 1,000 old train stations around the country have been renovated. They have been transformed into museums or municipal office buildings or restaurants. Happily, some of the old depots where trains still stop have also been refurbished: New York City's Grand Central is undergoing a / partial restoration, and in Wilmington, Del., and Philadelphia, once run-down train stations are back in order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: America's Great Depot Gets Back on Track | 10/10/1988 | See Source »

...MOST PIE-IN-THE-SKY SUGGESTION. Former Delaware Governor Pete du Pont's invitation to Jesse Jackson to join the Republicans. "The ground you seek is here, in New Orleans, in the party of Lincoln and Reagan and Bush and Kemp and Bork...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Republicans: The Envelope, Please . . | 8/29/1988 | See Source »

...found the best evidence yet for a hypothetical, elusive "fifth force." If confirmed, their findings could mean that Sir Isaac Newton's famous inverse- square law of gravity* is in danger of losing the exalted position it has held for three centuries. "It's like saying Mom and apple pie's no good anymore," admits the leader of the gravity project, Geophysicist Mark Ander. "You just don't do that lightly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Was Sir Isaac All Wet? | 8/15/1988 | See Source »

Unfortunately for Democrats, their standard bearers apparently oppose all of the above, plus apple pie and motherhood. Not a single Democrat receives passing marks in the latest issue...

Author: By Frank E. Lockwood, | Title: What the Bible Says | 8/2/1988 | See Source »

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