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"One of the first great fires, which later raged throughout all Warsaw, was in the Jewish quarter," cabled photographer Julien Bryan, who worked for Time Inc. and the Chicago Daily News, the only American correspondent in the city. "I saw able-bodied men working in pitiful bucket brigades along with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blitzkrieg September 1, 1939: a new kind of warfare engulfs Poland | 8/28/1989 | See Source »

He was facing the classic problem of men at the top: whether to heed the heart or the head. So far, he has taken the cerebral approach. That has pleased many leaders, who have praised the President for "the courage of restraint." But at home Bush heard Pennsylvania's Republican...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Courage of Restraint | 8/14/1989 | See Source »

IN spite of our mistreatment, the Black Greeks at Harvard have flourished without official recognition of this campus. We will continue to do so. It saddens us, however, that the obviously biased and often false statements made by some members of the Harvard administration and faculty continue to circulate, clouding...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In Defense of Black Greeks | 5/26/1989 | See Source »

Early last week ten people were discovered beneath the rubble of Spitak, including an infant still sucking on her pacifier. One of the rescuers, a nursing mother, quickly put the child to her breast. It seemed likely that these would be the last of the estimated 7,000 survivors who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Vision of Horror | 12/26/1988 | See Source »

JUXTAPOSED to Kate is her sister Blanche (Molly Bishop), a well-meaning but pitiful widow. Bishop's delivery in the first act is ineffectual, but during the second act, when both Blanche's sister and her daughter Nora (Kim Carnesale) confront her, Bishop gives a more powerful turn.

Author: By Joe MARTIN Hill, | Title: A Teen Grows in Brooklyn | 12/9/1988 | See Source »

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