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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Pakistan's Islamic people. Not all are eager to live under the first Muslim government headed by a woman. In the days prior to the election, 40 mullahs issued a fatwa, or religious verdict, warning that a nation headed by a woman cannot prosper and risks falling "into the pit of Western cultural degeneration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan Addressing the Future, Avenging the Past | 11/28/1988 | See Source »

...battle continued, both sides weary but hungry for victory. Stung by the Elis' strong play, Harvard grabbed the attack once again, steaming ahead with "New Haven is a pit." The band lost some ground with its unoriginal retort: "Harvard is a pit...

Author: By Sandra Block, | Title: Fans Take on Eli Band In War of the Words | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

When Sasso returned, he inherited this snake pit. He brought in an acquaintance, David D'Alessandro of the John Hancock insurance company, who had never run a political ad shop. In mid-September D'Alessandro arranged the Shoot-Out at the Ritz-Carlton, a demeaning screening of potential scripts. In a cavernous baroque banquet room, ad-makers flipped through their storyboards to impress the new team. It was an amateurish tryout that produced more bitterness than ads. Among those produced was a semicoherent series ridiculing Bush's handlers. Although they are certain to form the core of Kennedy School seminars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anatomy of A Disaster | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

...Game will pit brother against brother for James B. Reilly '92 and William E. Reilly. The Reillys will take seats at opposite sides of the stadium this afternoon and the winner will probably be rubbing salt in the loser's wounds afterwards. "We really give each other the business and needle each other about it," says the Harvard Reilly...

Author: By Jennifer Atkinson, | Title: For Some, The Game Will Be Like a Family Feud Episode | 11/19/1988 | See Source »

...will also pit sister against sister in the case of Susanne G. Watnick '90 and Gail R. Watnick, currently in her first year among the Bulldogs. But the Watnicks won't be the bloodthirstiest antagonists in the stadium today. "It's nice to have the spirit of Harvard against Yale," said Susanne Watnick. Added Gail Watnick: "Over the summer we fought over who would win the Harvard/Yale Game, but now we're so happy to see each other we don't talk about...

Author: By Jennifer Atkinson, | Title: For Some, The Game Will Be Like a Family Feud Episode | 11/19/1988 | See Source »

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