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...holdings from companies doing business in South Africa shows you understand the basic idea of foreign policy--the profit motive is far more important than morality. We can't let the concerns of thousands, even millions, of people effect our policy toward their nation. That would be just plain silly...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: To Derek, From George | 10/19/1988 | See Source »

...found his first wide audience, his nickname is the Stimmwunder (Wondervoice). What McFerrin does ranges so widely, from scat to rock to jazz and off into the twilight zone, that any number of names can suit him. The "Body Electric" is what he calls himself, with some bemusement. Plain "terrific" will do very nicely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Beat Box with Four Octaves | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

...film castigating his whole family about the need for secrecy, yet in one scene he gets drunk, comes home, and shrieks out a confession to the neighborhood at the top of his lungs. It is one of the first moments where the movie goes definitively from implausible to just plain stupid...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: Rebels Without a Clue | 9/30/1988 | See Source »

...last word to our athletes. Plain and simple: don't do it. Don't attempt to beat the system. You will only hurt yourselves and the people who look...

Author: By David Y. Cooper, | Title: Hall of Shame | 9/29/1988 | See Source »

...think that shelters would in any way alleviate the situation borders on callousness. No Family or individual trying to live in a temporary shelter each night, without any guarantee that there will always be room for them, will be able to feel any of the self-esteem or just plain security that allow people to live normal lives. When you have to worry each and every day about where your children will sleep that night, or where food will come from, you can't focus attention on getting a steady job or getting your children to school...

Author: By John J. Murphy, | Title: Bush: Gimme Shelters | 9/27/1988 | See Source »

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