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...even shed himself of a grand place in Houston for an $81,000 house in a suburb called Humble. He preaches on the weekends and Wednesday nights, mows his yard, trims his hedges and spends two days a week on the ranch, threading his truck between slash pines and pin oaks to haul feed to his cows and horses. Animals are his passion--animals and sleeping and eating. "I think sleeping was my problem in school," he allowed. "If school had started at around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, I'd be a college graduate today." Foreman dropped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Texas: Spreading the Word | 4/22/1985 | See Source »

...unlike Ozment, Glazer says he does not want to pin blame on anyone. He sees the changes in education as a natural result of more high school students going on to college than ever before from 6 percent in 1950 to about 25 percent today (excluding community colleges). While he says colleges should have a strong commitment to the humanities, he predicts, "We're going to have a real problem using the traditional method on everybody...

Author: By Brian W. Kladko, | Title: Don't Know Nothin' About History | 4/13/1985 | See Source »

Iraq, which first used gas against Iranian troops last year, denied the new accusations. Although U.S. intelligence sources were convinced that Baghdad was guilty, they found it difficult to pin down where the wounded Iranians being treated in Western Europe had been exposed to gas. Iranian troops driving deep into the Huwaiza marshes in western Iraq two weeks ago were equipped with gas masks; Western observers of the aftermath of the struggle reported that none of the dead were wearing the masks. Nor did they show signs of having been exposed to toxic agents. While denying that chemical weapons were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf Trading Blows: Chemical warfare, Part II | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

...exactly deficient in that quality. Both the business executives who greeted the dare with applause and laughter and the members of the Senate Budget Committee at whom it was aimed were aware that Reagan was mockingly embracing the very swaggering-cowboy image his detractors have long been trying to pin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Go Ahead - Make My Day | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

...melted Crayolas and who dresses in the kinds of duds gypsies might wear if they had proms. Part Piaf, part Little Peggy March, she also has a razzle- dazzle, multi-octave range, a voice that can coax a broken promise out of a ballad or pin a rocker right to the mat. She has the whole package. But Madonna has the look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: These Big Girls Don't Cry | 3/4/1985 | See Source »

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