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...environmentalists' stand could push the timber industry back into its hard-line position. Before the compromise was conceived, the lumbermen had made it plain that they would reject any reduction in permissible logging. In Washington, Oregon's congressional delegation was angered and disappointed. Lamented Hatfield: "I wonder if those who saw fit to torpedo a fair, short- term solution have anything to offer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still At Loggerheads | 7/10/1989 | See Source »

...suggested that Bok's refusal to divest makes hypocritical his constant calls for the teaching of ethics in universities. But others respond that the president's investment policies fit neatly into his character, which an associate once described as that of a "rationalist philosopher," and others have called just plain stubborn...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Wisdom Dispensed From Mount Harvard's Peak | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

...lunch at the Ivy in West Hollywood one day, Zsa-Zsa Gabor and her mother mistook him for the maitre d' and asked him to show them to their table. She called him "Darling." He still hasn't decided if he should have called her Miss Gabor, or just plain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: A Long Way from the Rue de la Paix | 6/19/1989 | See Source »

...cast-iron manhole covers from the potholed streets to be sold for scrap. The housing authority complains that aluminum downspouts are swiped from its buildings within hours of installation. Trash-strewn vacant lots along the river stand in stark contrast to the gleaming Gateway Arch of St. Louis, in plain sight less than a mile away across the river...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East St. Louis, Illinois | 6/12/1989 | See Source »

Next year, a Criminal Justice Center will be created to parallel the Legal Services Center, in which law students gain practical experience by handling civil cases in Jamaica Plain. Only the start-up money for the new center has been allocated, according to Greenberg, so a skeleton administration for the center will be established next year. Students will not be able to participate in the center until the following academic year...

Author: By Tara A. Nayak, | Title: A Confident Vision in Turbulent Times | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

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